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"Go to fight some old people". History and complexity
50 years ago on the screens out of the country without doubt one of the best films about the Great Patriotic War.
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2. The idea of this film came up with Leonid Bykov long. During the war, he dreamed of becoming a pilot, but because of his small stature did not take a flight school. But the love of the people of this heroic profession continued to live there permanently. Once in the early 70's the Bulls moved to Kiev and Leningrad, he decided his first film at the studio there the lift is about the military pilots.
3. In collaboration with two writers - Eugene and Alexander Onopriyenko Satskaya - he wrote the script based on the true events of the Great Patriotic War. In particular, under the individual squadron commander LIEUTENANT Titarenko (aka Maestro) hiding the Hero of the Soviet Union, the guy with the Arbat Vitaliy Popkov. During the war he served in the legendary 5th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, commanded by Vasily Stalin, and his squadron was nicknamed the "singing" for the fact that it had its own choir, and two aircraft were donated to the front of the orchestra and Utesova one sported the words "Jolly Fellows". By the way, the regiment Vasily Stalin came to Berlin and brought down a record number of enemy aircraft - 744, had in its ranks 27 Heroes of the Soviet Union (14 of them were directly under the Maestro, and most Popkov after the war in Moscow established as the Hero of the bust. < br />
4. When the Bulls wrote the script, he tried not too depart from actual events, although something still speculation and changed. For example, he came up with a new character - grasshoppers. Actually bends low over the airfield before the girls maketh none other than himself Popkov, for which the commander ordered him to forbid combat sorties a month. But such deviations from the real events in the scenario was a bit, and the lion's share of what we see in the film - the truth.
5. This love Uzbek Romeo (real name was Marnsaev pilot) to Russian Juliet, and their subsequent death (she died in the bombing of the dining room, and laid his head Romeo in one of the battles.
6. ... and the habit mechanics baptize before flying airplanes.
7. ... and hit Maestro prisoner to his (to prove their belonging to the Red Army, he had to punch one of the guards in the face), etc. etc.
8. Meanwhile, when the script was written and sent "up", there will soon come to an unexpected answer: that the material unheroic. High censors were outraged by the fact that Soviet pilots are depicted in many scenes as singing clowns. In short, to put such a movie Bykov initially banned. But he did not despair. To prove the converse, the Bulls took ... "run in" script on stage. Reading them separate pieces of the script in various cities of the Soviet Union resulted from the audience so excited that no doubt of the correctness of the created works in the censors did not arise. And then there's the scenario for the steel to stand up people who do not know firsthand about the war. In particular, 14 November 1972 goals on Dovzhenko sent a letter the chief of staff of the military unit 55127 Colonel Lezzhov. He wrote that he had read the script - it's an honest story about the war and about the people who mined it a victory.
9. February 20, 1973 the film was launched in the preparatory period. And here Bykov also encountered a number of difficulties. For example, many nerves cost him the role of motor-vehicle approval Makaritch Leningrad actor Alexei Smirnov. He was known to a wide audience primarily as a comedic actor plan, and Bykov was to become the front. Learning of this, officials from the movie sharply opposed: "Do not be! He has the same stupid face! "But when the Bulls announced that refuses to shoot the film if it is not Smirnova, when told that the" actor with a blunt face "- himself a former soldier who had returned from the war a full knight of the Order of Glory, the resistance officials had been broken. Incidentally, patronymic cine technique gave the Bulls the same as actually wore Smirnov - Makarych.
10. Great help in the work on the film had a Marshal, a legendary pilot Alexander Pokryshkin. When asked for the Bulls to see him, to get him to release the filming of these aircraft during the war, Marshal initially reacted cautiously to the request. Too many in the years out loop through war movies to marshal the move believed to venture Bykov remove the "imperishable." He questioned him leave for a few days the script to get acquainted with the material. But a few days was not required. Overnight Pokryshkin swallowed script and ordered to issue filmmakers not one, not two, but five aircraft: four fighters "Yak-18 and the Czechoslovak" 2-326, similar in appearance to "Messerschmitt-109. Machines delivered to the Kiev airport "Seagull", where they were repainted and gave them a front view.
11. Filming began on May 22 in the pavilion Dovzhenko studio in the scenery 'dugout KP "and" dugout battalion commander. " Then moved to the shooting in kind: in late May began filming dogfights "yak" with "Messers." Here remembers about this party since the shooting - operator Vital Kondratiev: "For the convenience of air filming, I came up with a special device, which is mounted between the first and second cabins and allows you to take close-up shot during the flight. Bykov my invention approved and immediately decided to first take to the air to try it in the case. Pilot subscribed in the sky "barrel" and "dead loop" and Leonid Fedorovich include cameras, pressed the trigger and shouted at the camera: "Serge, cover! Attack! "After several takes boarded the plane, I changed the film cartridge and the machine again rose into the sky. At the end of the shooting day, the Bulls literally fell out of the plane and flopped down on the green grass of the airfield. "Well, how are you?" - I asked, running up to him, and heard in reply: "Wink plenku- see!»
12. In early June began filming episodes "at the airport." Since the Bulls did not like his duplicate, he tried to do all the stunts himself. And for the shooting pretty well mastered the control planes. However, in the air, he did not raise them, but itself started the engine and taxied on the airfield. Sometimes without pads can not do. Somehow he could not calculate the rate, and the right wheel fell into the pit of a pyrotechnic explosion. Airplane nose pecked flew propeller, rear wheel broke off with the rack. Bulls earned a hefty lump on his forehead, but not upset because of this. The fact that the accident occurred on the very "Jake" with painted on board notes and treble clef. As the drive for repair aircraft in Kiev meant losing a lot of time, it was decided to restore the "iron bird" in place on their own. Provident mechanic seized from Kiev a few spare blades, which immediately established on the damaged car. But for the rear chassis needed welding. And then it took over the operator V. Kondratiev. He put a mutilated item in the trunk of his car and drove to the station in Chernigov young technicians, where he had friends. However, when he arrived at the station no one. Had the operator to "catch" them in their homes. Learning that he was shooting a film about Bykov frontline pilots, masters gladly agreed to help them. Rack welded, and the next morning the plane was ready to fly again.
13. Meanwhile, a few days later the new state of emergency has happened: the painting is gone for the role Darkie Anatoly Mateshko who enticed starring role in another film. Next, listen to the story of the film operator V. Kondratiev: "I remember that morning I met Bykov in the buffet. He was upset and kneaded in the hands of a piece of paper. In response to my surprised look, he handed me a telegram from the studio: "Urgently send in Kiev Mateshko." What can you do? Come on set, and just then assistant director brought from Kiev "wet behind the ears" - young guys - Theatre Institute students, just graduated from the first course. They presented the bulls. He examined novice actors professional look, searching new Darkie, and stopped at nineteen lad Sergei Podgorny ... »
14. Meanwhile, until the end of filming was still a month and 8-10 September already filmed the finale: Maestro Makarych and grasshoppers are the graves of two pilots, one of which was the bride of their comrade Romeo. As we now know, the film ends with the episode, when the Maestro and Makarych sitting in the desert near the monument, and against the background of the final frame will sound the song "For that guy."
15. In mid-September, the group relocated at the studio Dovzhenko, which was to capture the pavilions. Thus, 20-24 September episode was filmed in the scenery "dining room": Grasshopper, masterfully filled up "Messer" in front of home squadron, comes into the dining room where his comrades arrange gala reception.
16. In these days was shot and another "table" episode when the pilots' second singing "Darkie commemorate the deceased. The next few days were filmed episodes in the scenery: "hata girls", "tent", "hut the 2nd Squadron." Parallel starred dogfights.
17. Filming ended in mid-October, after which began the installation. It lasted until December 6. Six days later, the film without amendment adopted at the studio, and on 27 December the surrender of the tape in Ukraine State Committee for Cinematography. On it were invited not only high-ranking Ukrainian cinematography, but also those of whom, in fact, told the film - the pilots-veterans. One of them was the celebrated Soviet ace, three times Hero of the Soviet Union shot down in aerial combat 156 59 Nazi aircraft, Alexander Pokryshkin. Tape it literally shook. When the lights came on in the room, did not escape from the present, that Pokryshkin wipes tears.
18. And then the picture looked himself prototype Maestro Vitaliy Popkov. Here's his story about this: "There was in the service in Kiev, called Lena Bykov, went with him to the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine, scroll through the movie. Minister persists: what is the movie says, people do not come back from a mission, dying, and living singing songs. And concludes: this was not at the front and could not be. I ask the minister whether he was himself at the front? Logic official surprising was not responsible, but I know. And then I told the minister that flew on one of the two planes, purchased with money donated by jazz Utesova and our regiment. And Leonid Osipovich with his musicians came to us at the airport and we played together and sang together. Sure. Affected him, perhaps, not so much my arguments as general's epaulettes and two heroic Stars ... »
19. Largely because of the good reviews of former soldiers who managed to see the film before its release on the wide screen, the USSR State Committee for Cinematography decided to encourage filmmakers. February 6, 1974 an order was issued on the payment of their remuneration. It was a fair decision, given that the tape was removed from the big savings: from its statement released on 381 thousand rubles was spent 325,000. Among the promotion was 39 persons. When awarding highlight the director Leonid Bykov: he paid 200 rubles Award and was awarded the title of "the director category 1" (for example: Actor Alexander Smirnov, V. and S. Ivanov Talashko paid 50 rubles).
20. Meanwhile, the leadership of the Dovzhenko Film Studios remuneration of the chief creators of the film seem insufficient, and it will apply to the USSR State Committee for Cinematography that the author of the script (L. Bykov, E. and A. Onopriyenko Satskaya) raised the fee from 6,000 rubles to the maximum - 8000. However, this trick will not work: in the State Film Committee considered that "teamwork is encouraged rather convincingly and increase the fee does not seem appropriate." This is despite the fact that a few months later the movie "go to fight some" old man "will bring many awards at various film festivals and generate revenue in the hundreds of millions of rubles.
On the wide screen movie came out August 12, 1974. And by the end of the year to put together their sessions, 44.3 million viewers (4th place), which was a big surprise, by the time the films about the Great Patriotic War a "Cashier" hardly collected.
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20 photos.
2. The idea of this film came up with Leonid Bykov long. During the war, he dreamed of becoming a pilot, but because of his small stature did not take a flight school. But the love of the people of this heroic profession continued to live there permanently. Once in the early 70's the Bulls moved to Kiev and Leningrad, he decided his first film at the studio there the lift is about the military pilots.
3. In collaboration with two writers - Eugene and Alexander Onopriyenko Satskaya - he wrote the script based on the true events of the Great Patriotic War. In particular, under the individual squadron commander LIEUTENANT Titarenko (aka Maestro) hiding the Hero of the Soviet Union, the guy with the Arbat Vitaliy Popkov. During the war he served in the legendary 5th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, commanded by Vasily Stalin, and his squadron was nicknamed the "singing" for the fact that it had its own choir, and two aircraft were donated to the front of the orchestra and Utesova one sported the words "Jolly Fellows". By the way, the regiment Vasily Stalin came to Berlin and brought down a record number of enemy aircraft - 744, had in its ranks 27 Heroes of the Soviet Union (14 of them were directly under the Maestro, and most Popkov after the war in Moscow established as the Hero of the bust. < br />
4. When the Bulls wrote the script, he tried not too depart from actual events, although something still speculation and changed. For example, he came up with a new character - grasshoppers. Actually bends low over the airfield before the girls maketh none other than himself Popkov, for which the commander ordered him to forbid combat sorties a month. But such deviations from the real events in the scenario was a bit, and the lion's share of what we see in the film - the truth.
5. This love Uzbek Romeo (real name was Marnsaev pilot) to Russian Juliet, and their subsequent death (she died in the bombing of the dining room, and laid his head Romeo in one of the battles.
6. ... and the habit mechanics baptize before flying airplanes.
7. ... and hit Maestro prisoner to his (to prove their belonging to the Red Army, he had to punch one of the guards in the face), etc. etc.
8. Meanwhile, when the script was written and sent "up", there will soon come to an unexpected answer: that the material unheroic. High censors were outraged by the fact that Soviet pilots are depicted in many scenes as singing clowns. In short, to put such a movie Bykov initially banned. But he did not despair. To prove the converse, the Bulls took ... "run in" script on stage. Reading them separate pieces of the script in various cities of the Soviet Union resulted from the audience so excited that no doubt of the correctness of the created works in the censors did not arise. And then there's the scenario for the steel to stand up people who do not know firsthand about the war. In particular, 14 November 1972 goals on Dovzhenko sent a letter the chief of staff of the military unit 55127 Colonel Lezzhov. He wrote that he had read the script - it's an honest story about the war and about the people who mined it a victory.
9. February 20, 1973 the film was launched in the preparatory period. And here Bykov also encountered a number of difficulties. For example, many nerves cost him the role of motor-vehicle approval Makaritch Leningrad actor Alexei Smirnov. He was known to a wide audience primarily as a comedic actor plan, and Bykov was to become the front. Learning of this, officials from the movie sharply opposed: "Do not be! He has the same stupid face! "But when the Bulls announced that refuses to shoot the film if it is not Smirnova, when told that the" actor with a blunt face "- himself a former soldier who had returned from the war a full knight of the Order of Glory, the resistance officials had been broken. Incidentally, patronymic cine technique gave the Bulls the same as actually wore Smirnov - Makarych.
10. Great help in the work on the film had a Marshal, a legendary pilot Alexander Pokryshkin. When asked for the Bulls to see him, to get him to release the filming of these aircraft during the war, Marshal initially reacted cautiously to the request. Too many in the years out loop through war movies to marshal the move believed to venture Bykov remove the "imperishable." He questioned him leave for a few days the script to get acquainted with the material. But a few days was not required. Overnight Pokryshkin swallowed script and ordered to issue filmmakers not one, not two, but five aircraft: four fighters "Yak-18 and the Czechoslovak" 2-326, similar in appearance to "Messerschmitt-109. Machines delivered to the Kiev airport "Seagull", where they were repainted and gave them a front view.
11. Filming began on May 22 in the pavilion Dovzhenko studio in the scenery 'dugout KP "and" dugout battalion commander. " Then moved to the shooting in kind: in late May began filming dogfights "yak" with "Messers." Here remembers about this party since the shooting - operator Vital Kondratiev: "For the convenience of air filming, I came up with a special device, which is mounted between the first and second cabins and allows you to take close-up shot during the flight. Bykov my invention approved and immediately decided to first take to the air to try it in the case. Pilot subscribed in the sky "barrel" and "dead loop" and Leonid Fedorovich include cameras, pressed the trigger and shouted at the camera: "Serge, cover! Attack! "After several takes boarded the plane, I changed the film cartridge and the machine again rose into the sky. At the end of the shooting day, the Bulls literally fell out of the plane and flopped down on the green grass of the airfield. "Well, how are you?" - I asked, running up to him, and heard in reply: "Wink plenku- see!»
12. In early June began filming episodes "at the airport." Since the Bulls did not like his duplicate, he tried to do all the stunts himself. And for the shooting pretty well mastered the control planes. However, in the air, he did not raise them, but itself started the engine and taxied on the airfield. Sometimes without pads can not do. Somehow he could not calculate the rate, and the right wheel fell into the pit of a pyrotechnic explosion. Airplane nose pecked flew propeller, rear wheel broke off with the rack. Bulls earned a hefty lump on his forehead, but not upset because of this. The fact that the accident occurred on the very "Jake" with painted on board notes and treble clef. As the drive for repair aircraft in Kiev meant losing a lot of time, it was decided to restore the "iron bird" in place on their own. Provident mechanic seized from Kiev a few spare blades, which immediately established on the damaged car. But for the rear chassis needed welding. And then it took over the operator V. Kondratiev. He put a mutilated item in the trunk of his car and drove to the station in Chernigov young technicians, where he had friends. However, when he arrived at the station no one. Had the operator to "catch" them in their homes. Learning that he was shooting a film about Bykov frontline pilots, masters gladly agreed to help them. Rack welded, and the next morning the plane was ready to fly again.
13. Meanwhile, a few days later the new state of emergency has happened: the painting is gone for the role Darkie Anatoly Mateshko who enticed starring role in another film. Next, listen to the story of the film operator V. Kondratiev: "I remember that morning I met Bykov in the buffet. He was upset and kneaded in the hands of a piece of paper. In response to my surprised look, he handed me a telegram from the studio: "Urgently send in Kiev Mateshko." What can you do? Come on set, and just then assistant director brought from Kiev "wet behind the ears" - young guys - Theatre Institute students, just graduated from the first course. They presented the bulls. He examined novice actors professional look, searching new Darkie, and stopped at nineteen lad Sergei Podgorny ... »
14. Meanwhile, until the end of filming was still a month and 8-10 September already filmed the finale: Maestro Makarych and grasshoppers are the graves of two pilots, one of which was the bride of their comrade Romeo. As we now know, the film ends with the episode, when the Maestro and Makarych sitting in the desert near the monument, and against the background of the final frame will sound the song "For that guy."
15. In mid-September, the group relocated at the studio Dovzhenko, which was to capture the pavilions. Thus, 20-24 September episode was filmed in the scenery "dining room": Grasshopper, masterfully filled up "Messer" in front of home squadron, comes into the dining room where his comrades arrange gala reception.
16. In these days was shot and another "table" episode when the pilots' second singing "Darkie commemorate the deceased. The next few days were filmed episodes in the scenery: "hata girls", "tent", "hut the 2nd Squadron." Parallel starred dogfights.
17. Filming ended in mid-October, after which began the installation. It lasted until December 6. Six days later, the film without amendment adopted at the studio, and on 27 December the surrender of the tape in Ukraine State Committee for Cinematography. On it were invited not only high-ranking Ukrainian cinematography, but also those of whom, in fact, told the film - the pilots-veterans. One of them was the celebrated Soviet ace, three times Hero of the Soviet Union shot down in aerial combat 156 59 Nazi aircraft, Alexander Pokryshkin. Tape it literally shook. When the lights came on in the room, did not escape from the present, that Pokryshkin wipes tears.
18. And then the picture looked himself prototype Maestro Vitaliy Popkov. Here's his story about this: "There was in the service in Kiev, called Lena Bykov, went with him to the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine, scroll through the movie. Minister persists: what is the movie says, people do not come back from a mission, dying, and living singing songs. And concludes: this was not at the front and could not be. I ask the minister whether he was himself at the front? Logic official surprising was not responsible, but I know. And then I told the minister that flew on one of the two planes, purchased with money donated by jazz Utesova and our regiment. And Leonid Osipovich with his musicians came to us at the airport and we played together and sang together. Sure. Affected him, perhaps, not so much my arguments as general's epaulettes and two heroic Stars ... »
19. Largely because of the good reviews of former soldiers who managed to see the film before its release on the wide screen, the USSR State Committee for Cinematography decided to encourage filmmakers. February 6, 1974 an order was issued on the payment of their remuneration. It was a fair decision, given that the tape was removed from the big savings: from its statement released on 381 thousand rubles was spent 325,000. Among the promotion was 39 persons. When awarding highlight the director Leonid Bykov: he paid 200 rubles Award and was awarded the title of "the director category 1" (for example: Actor Alexander Smirnov, V. and S. Ivanov Talashko paid 50 rubles).
20. Meanwhile, the leadership of the Dovzhenko Film Studios remuneration of the chief creators of the film seem insufficient, and it will apply to the USSR State Committee for Cinematography that the author of the script (L. Bykov, E. and A. Onopriyenko Satskaya) raised the fee from 6,000 rubles to the maximum - 8000. However, this trick will not work: in the State Film Committee considered that "teamwork is encouraged rather convincingly and increase the fee does not seem appropriate." This is despite the fact that a few months later the movie "go to fight some" old man "will bring many awards at various film festivals and generate revenue in the hundreds of millions of rubles.
On the wide screen movie came out August 12, 1974. And by the end of the year to put together their sessions, 44.3 million viewers (4th place), which was a big surprise, by the time the films about the Great Patriotic War a "Cashier" hardly collected.
ribalych.ru/
