For more than 45 years, the Soviet comedy "Ivan Vasilyevich Changes Occupation" has been on TV. Filming a film based on the play by M. Bulgakov back in 1973 was risky: could lie on the shelves. But on the other hand, the cinema demanded a comedy, and the famous director Leonid Gaidai took up the case. Interesting facts about the film "Ivan Vasilyevich changes his profession.
It is difficult to imagine now the role of Tsar Ivan the Terrible and Bunshi Yuri Nikulin, who the director wanted to see most of all. Evgeny Yestigneyev, Evgeny Lebedev, Vladimir Etush and Georgy Vitsin also tried out. But Nikulin immediately refused, believing that the picture is still not allowed in the box office, Yevstigneyeva - did not approve the thin council, despite the fact that the auditions he coped with the role. The rest did not fit for one reason or another. As a result, Yuri Yakovlev was more convincing than the rest of us in two opposite images, which do not correspond to the formats of the heroes he had played before.
The role of Zinochka, who played Natalia Seleznyova, claimed two more talented Natalia: Gundareva and Gvozdikova.
Leonid Kuravlev was also not the only contender for the main character George Miloslavsky. Sergei Nikonenko, Georgy Burkov, Georgy Yumatov, Vyacheslav Nevinny also took part in the auditions. Andrei Mironov could have become a gambler, but they did not look paired with Yakovlev at all.
Marfa Vasilievna Leonid Iovich offered his wife Nina Grebenschikova, who often appeared in his works. But she refused categorically. N. Gundareva tried it, and Nina Maslova played it.
There was no competition only for Natalia Krachkovskaya, who perfectly played a scandalous wife of Bunsha Ulyana Andreyevna. She was approved without trial, which she was madly happy to do.
Hudsoviet considered the candidacy of Mikhail Pugovkin not suitable for Yakin. However, he proved that he can play not only fools, but also directors.
Continuation
Few people know that the Soviet masterpiece has a sequel - a short ribbon "Black gloves". These are Miloslavsky's adventures after his escape from the police. From the collected episodes, which were not included in the film, the story with the completed plot turned out.
"I won't let you sing about yourself like that! What kind of repertoire do you have?"
The songs of masters of Soviet soundtracks Alexander Zatsepin and Leonid Derbenev also became classics of cinema. Sofia Rotaru was supposed to sing "The January Blizzard Ring". But her voice was too low and not knitted with the doll appearance of Natalia Selezneva. "Conversation with happiness" sang actor Valery Zolotukhin.
"I demand to continue the banquet!"
Everybody remembers the king's sumptuous table and the boyars: the table breaks down from the delicacies. So, all the food is real. It was a sham, because there was no money on the table. But Gaidai himself personally laid out a round sum of 200 rubles to buy vintage delicacies.
"I am delighted to be handed over to my own militia. I hope for it and hope for it..."
Yuri Nikulin's doubts were in vain. The film was rented and accepted with admiration. However, censorship still worked on some of the characters' phrases. For example, the king did not clearly answer the question "where do you live? "in the chambers". In fact, he was supposed to say "Moscow. The Kremlin.
To the exclamation "At whose expense is this banquet? Who will pay for it?" They should have said: "People, Father, people. However, in the film we hear "At least not us!
"Eureka! Tsarist clothes! Get dressed!"
The clothes of the period of Russia of the XVI century were inherited from the legendary "Ivan the Terrible" Sergei Eisenstein. Vyacheslav Zaitsev himself wore the modern and fashionable Zinochka to the general joy of the audience. Fashionistas of that time drew her clothes directly from the TV screen.
The cinema is full of wigs. Madly dear Zinochkin wig was made for Love Orlova, but it was not suitable for her, but it was useful to the frivolous wife of the engineer Shurik. Ulyana Andreyevna is a big fan of wigs. During the film she changed them several times. Even in the frame, where she is short cut, in fact, also a wig, which brought her a lot of inconvenience, because he squeezed her head.
"Kazan took, Astrakhan took, Revel took, Shpaka did not take."
The Moscow Kremlin "played" the Rostov Kremlin, as the Moscow Kremlin did not allow to shoot the famous film. However, Rostov ancient buildings coped with their task, as they looked historically accurate. Other episodes were filmed in Moscow: New Arbat flashes in the frames. Zinochka sings his song on the seashore, in Yalta, which was very much loved by Gaidai.