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36 years ago on the screens of the country came the much-loved comedy Eldar Ryazanov's "Office Romance". In the first months of hire to see the movie managed to literally the entire country - 58 million people, and sparkling quote characters picture immediately became a catch phrase that is still widely used by representatives of different generations.

In the subject of the most interesting facts and photos of the history of this wonderful masterwork.

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1. "Office Romance" is based on the play "Colleagues", written by Eldar Ryazanov and Emil Braginsky in just one month. The script was also the result of their joint work.





2. The actors for this film creep up very quickly, because Ryazanov were valuable "reserves" after a screen test in the previous picture: Svetlana Nemolyaeva auditioned for the role of Nadi in the film "The Irony of Fate," there were also among the contenders on the role of Oleg Basilashvili and Alisa Freundlich. With "Irony of Fate" is also related to the appearance of "office romances" Andrew and Leah Myagkova Akhedzhakova.



3. According to Ryazanov, Andrei Myagkova specifically nalepili such mustache and glasses in the rough frame to the beginning of the film he was producing as much as possible the impression of "clerical rats' lack of initiative Niedorajda.

It should be noted that it was not easy to achieve, because two years ago the actor fell in love all over the country as a lyrical romance Eugene Lukashina of "Twist of Fate", but the director struggled as far as possible to withdraw its present character from the previous one.



4. On the role of director Kalugin immediately identified Freundlich. Fortunately, this is one of the few cases in the domestic film when Ryazanov without screen tests and approvals through hudsovet allowed to shoot those actors what he wanted.

To create a believable image-mymry headmaster, director and actress have been searching for the right clothes. In the most remote corners of the costume "Mosfilm" they picked shapeless incomprehensible color and size skirts and jackets. But still to complete the image lacked some details. As always, helped the case. Operator paintings Vladimir Nahabtsev just in case brought old glasses of his father. And when Alice Brunovna put them on, it became clear - "mymra" is ready to appear on the site.



5. Oleg Basilashvili seen only in a role Novoseltseva, and tried to prove it Eldar. A character with a speaking name Samohvalov actor did not really like, but in the process he acknowledged that Ryazanov right to distribute the roles.



6. By the way, while filming Basilashvili had to drive the car, but he never had not sat behind the wheel! Actor took the instructor, but take the full course of the future motorist he did not have time. As a result, once Basilashvili almost broke the camera, and the other - entered the kiosk "Sojuzpechat." Actor realized that the fee he had not seen ... But it did not punish. And in addition to the fee he received from colleagues and even the State Prize of the USSR!



7. Initially, the secretary Vera was presented as a married woman, whose husband was played by actor Alexander Fatyushin. His hero is constantly tossed between his wife and a motorcycle, which is why the couple quarreled. Even managed to shoot a few scenes with Fatyushin and Akhedzhakova, but the actor fell ill. Therefore, Vera had to swear to her husband only by phone. By the way, the voice of "voice on the phone," Oleg Basilashvili.



8. Incidentally, in the play Faith was young leggy beauty. But when Ryazanov and Braginsky wrote the screenplay for the movie, then they changed under Vera Akhedzhakova. And since it looks very different from the long-legged beauties, her character got from the secretary of the play only that she had a reputation for fashionistas. Thanks to what we have seen unparalleled Leah Akhedzhakova as a trendsetter and a mentor in matters mymry female flirting.



9. In connection with numerous impromptu actor's during the filming, the material filmed a lot more than was included in the final version (almost three series instead of two).



10. According to Eldar Ryazanov, the scene of "romantic feast" Kalugin Novoseltseva at her home - these two exceptional improv actor who has played at the highest level of acting. You can imagine how heart-stopping at the weak half of moviegoers when watching this incredibly lyrical and sensual scene.



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12. Also brilliant improvisation scene was unmatched treatment Novoseltseva with "rationalization proposal" to Kalugin at the ceremony at Samohvalova.



13. Actress Lyudmila Ivanova, very convincingly played activist Shura indeed in those years was chairman of the local committee in the theater "Contemporary".



14. With the reduction and adaptation of the material from the film was cut scene in which Shura, after the "revived" Bublikov, rushing through the corridors of the statistical office shouting: "I am not guilty! Namesake died, and called us! ", And it comes with angry fists Bublikov. Finally, Shura up the courage goes to meet him and exclaimed: "Long live Comrade Bublikov alive!" - And applauded. Bagels in amazement says: "Comrades, thank you for everything»



15. Action "Office Romance" takes place almost all the time in the same building statistical agency. At the entrance to the establishment of hanging signs with the names of various organizations, including the mysterious "Institute WHEREOF," but the three parts of this building is actually filmed in various locations in Moscow.



16. In order not to make the film in the drama, the action of exclusively indoors, Eldar Ryazanov decided to "dilute" the scene inside buildings kinds bustling pedestrians and cars in Moscow, as well as its beautiful scenery.



17. The filmmakers deliberately "settled" the characters in different places in and around Moscow, to trace the route of each of the home to work, and to emphasize their social status: Ludmila Kalugin - in the "elite" house on B.Nikitskoy, Yuri Samohvalova - on Gorky Street (now Tverskaya), in the house next door to the Central Telegraph in Moscow. Ordinary employees "placed" in residential areas: Novoseltseva - in Chernyshevsky Lane, secretary Vera - Chertanovskaya on the street, and Ryzhov - in Moscow, at the Yaroslavl direction.



18. Romantic heroine Svetlana Nemolyaeva Olga Ryzhov read poems Bella Akhmadulina "My shy hero, you deftly avoid the shame." They never published, so the actress a few years after the picture was forced to rewrite them by hand and send their fans. By the way, the story of the letters heroine Svetlana Nemolyaeva was taken by the authors of the film from the life of fellow filmmakers, but the names of prototypes for obvious reasons, has not yet been named.



19. Another interesting point: the bronze horse, which carries Novosel previously been involved in the film directed by Leonid Gaidai "Diamond Hand", he also featured in an episode of the television movie "Seventeen Moments of Spring" in the movie "Formula of Love" and "Old New year. " Later that same horse appears in the film Vladimir Menshov "Shirley Myrli", filmed after the collapse of the USSR.



20. The words of the music business card of the film - the song "There is no bad weather," were written by Ryazanov (according to him, in case he went through a lot of options poems of famous poets, but could not find), but he handed them over to the composer of the film Andrei Petrov under the guise of a poem by the English poet William Blake, in order not to embarrass him. The "fraud" is not felt, but after he learned the true authorship of many poems famous, famous poets, offered further cooperation with Ryazanov, seemed to him the verses of Ryazanov.

The following year, the song became the winner of the Festival of Song-78.

21. The duo Alice Freundlich and Andrew Myagkova was so successful that in 1978 being considered the best actor of the year. What we congratulate them! And, of course, I want to express my gratitude to all the creators of this brilliant picture that pleases the Soviet and later Russian audiences for 36 years!



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