Soviet Weinstein, or How Ivan Pyriev ruined the fate of beautiful and talented actresses Bashny.Net

One of the mysterious personalities of Soviet cinema remains Ivan Pyriev. He was a talented director, he managed to earn leniency from Stalin himself. His films were about human destinies and problems of the Soviet era. But was Ivan such a sensual person in his personal life? What has the actresses who encountered Pyrev on film sets been silent about for a long time?



Instagram / @sputnikkinozritelya Ivan Pyrev Glory came to Pyrev in the mid-30s after the release of the film "Rich Bride". This film was noted by Stalin himself. After this musical comedy, the director began a new film, and in 1939 the film Tractorists was released.

Of course, every aspiring actress dreamed of starring in the films of the famous director. In Soviet films, there was no intimacy, but behind the scenes of the film sets in full swing intrigue. By the mid-50s, Ivan Pyriev became the director of Mosfilm, so the approval of all roles passed through his hands.



Instagram / @ponipaliakanna But about what kind of man he was, many colleagues in the shop were able to tell only after his death. The first wife of Ivan Pyrev was Ada Voytsik. In the movie she starred before meeting Pyrev, but family happiness did not last long. And despite the fact that the couple had a son, Ivan Pyriev soon became interested in a new actress.

She was Marina Ladynina. They met Pyrev in 1934 on the set of the film “Enemy trails”. Ladynina knew that Pyryev was married, but this did not stop the young actress. They hid their relationship until Marina Ladynina had a son with Ivan.



Instagram / @history_art_blog Only after that, the director decided to divorce his first wife and marry Marina. She became the main muse and heroine of all Pyriev films of that time. Marina Ladynina received several Stalin Prizes for her participation in the films “Kuban Cossacks”, “At 6 p.m. after the war”, “Tractorists”, “Pig and Shepherd”.

That's just personal life with Ivan Pyrev was not as radiant as cinematic. There is a new rising star on the horizon. It was Lyudmila Marchenko. And as Ladynina tried to return her husband to the family, she failed.

After the divorce, Marina Ladynina practically did not appear in films. The main reason was that she did not want to play older women and could not come to terms with fading beauty. Although there were rumors that it was Ivan Pyryev who took revenge on his ex-wife for something.



Instagram / @devushki_v_istorii Lyudmila Marchenko Pyrev noticed when the young actress was 18 years old. It was said to be his greatest love of his life. But despite the courtship of the director of Mosfilm, Lyudmila avoided Pyrev in every possible way and refused to meet him in a rented apartment.

Then the director decided to take revenge on the young girl and forbade other directors to invite her to the movies. Lyudmila married Valentin Berezin, who could not believe her loyalty. The last straw in their family life was that the husband raised his hand on Lyudmila. After that, scars remained on her face, because of which she did not appear in public. She retired Marchenko at the age of 57.

The filmmaker's other passions are another "victim" Pyreva became Ekaterina Savinova. The beautiful young actress had high hopes in cinema. But fate brought her together with the director Ivan Pyrev, who wanted to have a beauty in his collection. The character of Catherine was not easy, and she slapped the director in public. After that, none of the directors invited her to the shooting in the lead roles for ten years.



Instagram / @bastet_shop_jewelry Ekaterina Savinova played her main role in the film Come Tomorrow. This film was directed by her husband Eugene Tashkov. During the filming, Catherine became seriously ill. She was diagnosed with diseases of the nervous system and sluggish schizophrenia. Ekaterina Savinova’s life ended very tragically. She threw herself under a train when she was just 43.



Instagram/@vladimir.hudyakov Still a schoolgirl Clara Rumyanova decided to become an actress. She dreamed of acting in films with the best directors of that time. At one point it was noticed by Ivan Pyryev. He offered Rumyanova the lead role in his new film. But the actress turned him down. Rumor has it that the price for filming was to become his mistress. After this refusal, Clara Rumyanova was no longer invited to the movies, and she went to work for Soyuzmultfilm, where she voiced many animated characters.

Ivan Pyriev, Iya Arepina and Olga Bgan Young actress Iya Arepina is known to many thanks to the role of Masha Mironova in the film “Captain’s daughter”. She had a great career ahead of her. And, of course, Ivan Pyriev could not miss the chance to take possession of the young actress.

But the girl not only refused the director, she also wrote about his harassment in the Central Committee of the CPSU. After that, her career gradually faded. Although there were successful roles in other films. She died at the age of 74 after two heart attacks.



Mysterious Olga Bgan gained all-Union popularity after the release of the film “Man was born”. She was young and beautiful, and Ivan Pyriev noticed the beauty. But the actress did not react to the courtship of the director of Mosfilm. He could not forgive this, and therefore the young actress was less and less invited to the set. After two unsuccessful marriages, Olga began to have depression, and she became addicted to a glass. Olga Bgan died on New Year’s Eve 1978.

Tell me, did you know about such Ivan Pyryev?