Leningrad registration Hottabych

Wonderful kinoskazki "Old Hottabych" pleases more than one generation of domestic audience. This kind film look happy so far, although it was released more than half a century ago, back in 1956.
History of the movie and filming locations compared with landscapes currently





In the story The film takes place in Moscow, but in the capital only shot panorama of the city and Moscow river where Volka found a pitcher. Caravan with elephants and camels - in Sochi, when there touring circus running trainer Kornilov. Sochi is also a sanatorium and Sergo Ordzhonikidze, which fell into the fountain movie characters on a magic carpet. Ride a camel shot in Odessa (Moscow high-rise in these frames - drawn). The greater part of the scenes were shot in the pavilions of "Lenfilm" and several episodes - under the sky Leningrad. But what is the episodes and where they are shot? To answer this question, I armed myself with screenshots, a camera and went in search of ...

Episode One. Returning from school.

After the failure of the exam in geography Volka returns home. In the courtyard of his catches Gogh-Pill. We see a well-groomed yard with playground, Stalin's four-storey house. Generally Stalinist architecture - unobtrusive background film. But where is this yard? Actors speak in inervyu that filmed somewhere in the New Village. Hence, it is necessary to look there. My search started from the metro station "Black River". Intuition told what to look for should be in homes between Seaside Avenue and Savushkina. And indeed, after ten minutes of walk I found this yard, imprinted on film frames. Of course, for half a century grown trees and photograph the building facades are now extremely difficult, and in the summer - it is almost impossible. Fortunately, there is no early spring greens and something to capture still managed.




On the screen, we see how the Pill is running somewhere from the Primorsky Avenue between houses 26 and 28 of the body 2 body 2 computes the street Savushkina.




Left in the frame appear first body of these houses. In general, a court has changed much, but some parts are preserved: and fire escapes and metal canopy over the entrance to the basement.




But most importantly, there is still one of the trees - a living witness of filming. The boys are in the frame between the thin stvlov horse chestnut. One tree survived, and now it is a beautiful spreading tree.




After talking pill hiding in the stairwell. It looks like this door today.




Unfortunately, in our time, code locks and intercoms Stalinist "woodwork" almost disappeared. I made this picture in the house next door.


Since the pill and Volka live in a stairwell, it's safe to say that the home address Volka ibn Alyosha - st. Savushkina, d. 28, Cor. 1.

One second. Phonebooth.

Returning from warm countries Volka going to make a phone call. But two payphones are queues. Hottabych conjured third booth. It turns out, the heroes find telephone booths in the middle of the park Revolution Square (today it is again referred to as the Trinity) - the background is well distinguishable large flowerbed, preserved to this day.




However, the joy of the boys quickly replaced by disappointment - the phone is made from a single piece of marble.
And when the camera takes Hottabych with the boys in the booth, the frame is replaced, and - oh, miracle! - Behind there ... Volka court in New Village.


The third box disappears ... In the background is visible luxury Stalin-era building. Connoisseurs of the city easily recognize in it the Institute building Lenproekt - General Designer of socialist Leningrad.






Heroes of the film obviously go in circles, because in the next frame they go along the lateral directions Revolution Square from the street Kuibyshev to the Neva. A little more and they will again be able to be in front of the place where just standing telephone booths. It seems Hottabych was a relative of Ivan Susanin.




Moreover, as soon as camera starts shooting Hottabych on the other hand, a huge park Revolution Square narrows to the size of the sidewalk ...


By the way, this little episode in the background in the picture now and then gets a varied vehicles, and at the very end of the episode on Kuibyshev Street sweeps freight tram trailer.




Third episode. Stadium.

One of the most memorable episodes - match football teams "puck" and "Chisel", which was not without eccentricities old Hottabych. But few people pay attention, that the match is ... at two Leningrad Stadium, located in different parts of the city.
On those few frames where there are spectator stands, we see all the famous Kirov Stadium.


But most of the game the players run around a small green lawn of the stadium "Svetlana" in front of the plant of the same name on the Svetlanov Avenue.






And in terms of frames taken at the stadium "Svetlana" spectator stands are generally painted !!!


Fourth episode. Return.

Hottabych Volka and Jack in the crowd of fans returning from the stadium ("Svetlana" Kirov) through ... Moscow Victory Park !!! But it's on the other side of town! Far behind - at home Kuznetsov street. Today, from this point of overgrown trees them invisible even in the winter. And the characters are in the direction of the Moscow Prospect Avenue to Yuri Gagarin. Well whence Hottabych know that a quarter of a century build a sports and concert complex named after Lenin, and bolelshiki will return matches exactly in the opposite direction!






Heroes go to the other side of the pond on the bridge. I note that on the opposite side of the pond have not seen a summer stage - it will be built a year after filming.




And here - to everyone's amazement! - Director of the film showed a topographical accuracy. Characters come to the playground. Still going to build a house on the street Kuznetsov (architect B.N.Zhuravlёv). Playground on the site and now, that's just a sculpture I.Varshakovoy "Admission to the pioneers" for some reason turned 180 degrees.




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