Did Lieutenant Aleksandrov have a prototype - "Grasshopper" from the Soviet film: versions of historians

One of the most beloved films about the Great Patriotic War by Russian audiences is Leonid Bykov's film "Only the" old men "of 1973 go to battle. Historythat truly touches the soul - no fake emotions, no historical excesses. At the same time, from the very first screenings of "Old Men", viewers began to try to find out whether the characters shown in the film have real prototypes or is it an invention of the screenwriter and director?

Among the favorite heroes of the film by Leonid Bykov is a lieutenant (then, according to the plot, a senior lieutenant), whose name not every viewer will remember. If you say: "Remember Lieutenant Aleksandrov from the Soviet film about the war?" Probably, the majority will find it difficult to answer which lieutenant and from which film they are talking. But if we say that we are talking about a lieutenant nicknamed "Grasshopper", then a lot will fall into place.

The role of "Grasshopper" for Leonid Bykov was played by Sergei Ivanov, an actor from Kiev. Sergei Petrovich lived a short life - at the age of 48 he died (in 2000). And the image of the lieutenant created by him in the film "Only" old men "go to battle to this day are fondly remembered by millions of compatriots.

So did Lieutenant Aleksandrov from this film have a real prototype? The SkyArtist channel features versions from historians.

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[WHAT IS]

The film is a masterpiece! And whether there was a prototype or not is already a second time.

[Sling cutter]

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The film is a masterpiece! And whether there was a prototype or not is already a second time.

Twice Hero of the Soviet Union Vitaly Ivanovich Popkov was the main consultant of the film "Only Old Men Go to Battle" and a friend of Bykov. The film, in principle, was built on the memories of front-line pilots.

[Bez 310]

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The film is a masterpiece!

How's the masterpiece? For an amateur ...
In modern terms, it is a "hyped" military musical.
There are also more "masterpiece" films about aviation in war, and
if we seriously talk about masterpieces, then this, without any doubt,
"Torpedo bombers".

[Nemchinov Vl]

Quote: Bez 310

How's the masterpiece? For an amateur ...
In modern terms, it is a "hyped" military musical.
There are also more "masterpiece" films about aviation in war, and
if we seriously talk about masterpieces, then this, without any doubt,
"Torpedo bombers".

bravo - Bez 310... however one can feel "slight jealousy bomber MRA "... !!!

[Bez 310]

Quote: Vl Nemchinov

however, one can feel the "slight jealousy of the MRA bomber" ... !!!

Well...
I also like the Chronicle of a Dive Bomber.
And in "Only old men go to battle" there is some artificiality,
to put it mildly, attraction, or something ...
Although, there is a more radical definition below.

[Egoza]

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"Only old men go to battle" there is some artificiality,
to put it mildly, attraction, or something ...

I wouldn't say that. For example, Skvortsov - "the future soloist of the very Bolshoi Theater" - a real pilot, after the war he studied and became a soloist of the choir of the Kiev Opera House. My mom worked with him

[Bez 310]

Quote: Egoza

I wouldn’t say that.

Well, perhaps you heard something about Aviation, and I lived in it, that's why I said it.
And I have a reason for this - a huge experience of service in Aviation of my family. My father, brother, and I myself have served in Aviation for 30 years, and even my wife for more than 20.
That's why I'm talking about what I see in the film. Yes, the veterans really liked the film, because it is about their youth, it is almost without "straining", with a beautiful love line, with military aviation stories, and even musical.
But "Torpedo Bombers" is about the war ...

[kartalovkolya]

I don’t want to offend you, but let me disagree: you can be an ass-pilot, but at the same time no film critic or "film critic"! At one time the writer A. Perventsev, in his book "Honor from a Youth" through the lips of one of the heroes, expressed one very interesting thought: "... the mule of Yevgeny Savoysky went with him 300 campaigns, but it remained a mule!" Make a conclusion yourself ...

[Bez 310]

Quote: kartalovkolya

let disagree

Disagree.
What do you disagree with?

[Cat]

Probably, if there were no prototypes, then the film would not have become a masterpiece. And Bykov would have been told that he had removed some cranberries. The participants in the events were still alive at the time of the film's release. My grandfather was especially fond of this film, but he was rather cool about pretentious epics ..

[Prisoner]

Army tales were at all times and after us and our great-grandchildren will be. The fact that the film hits the strings that are most hidden among the servicemen so that it breaks a tear for those who have long forgotten how to cry is a fact. So leave him alone. Not everything can be explained by mathematics, calculated.

[Dkuznecov]

The film is based on the book "Baltic Sky".
I have read it many times. Difficult material.
Not everyone has read it.
With "copyright", of course, edits.
I will not belittle Bykov.
But he has a stronger film - "Aty, Baty, there were soldiers."
I'm not even talking about "Aleshkin's love".
It is necessary to watch.