The melodrama "Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears" is rightfully considered one of the greatest masterpieces of Soviet cinema. Director Vladimir Menshov made a sincere film understandable to each viewer.
In the USSR, 90 million people watched him, which allowed him to become the second rental leader in history after the "Pirates of the XX Century".
The main thing is that the film managed to gain recognition not only in the Union, but also in the international arena: in 1981, it won not only the USSR State Prize, but also the Oscar in the nomination “Best Foreign Language Film”.
The film starred without exaggeration, great actors, to whom in many ways she owes success. Today we will remember the brightest heroes and find out where they are now.
10. Oleg Tabakov
It is simply impossible to fully describe this person in a couple of paragraphs: he was too outstanding an individual. While studying in the 50s at the Moscow Art Theater School, he was one of the best, and later became a great actor and director (since 2000 he also became the art director of the Moscow Art Theater).
At the time of filming the film “Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears,” Tabakov was already a People’s Artist of the RSFSR, and in 87 received the All-Union title.
He has counted dozens of films and hundreds of performances that he staged not only here, but also abroad, invariably breaking the standing ovation.
The actor continued his creative career to the very end, not imagining his life without a scene.
9. Evgenia Khanaev
The performer of the role of the mother of Rodion and Viti was born in a creative family: her father was the People's Artist of the USSR, an opera singer. Having decided on a profession early, Khanayeva became known already in adulthood after the film "Raffle" (1976). All her best roles are secondary, but they were the ones that worked her best.
Being an avid motorist, the actress had an accident in her “Lada” in the 80s and, due to her injury, she suffered from severe back pain for a long time. Tired of suffering, she decided on an operation, although she was warned of a high degree of risk.
Unfortunately, she was not lucky: she never regained consciousness and died in 1987, having never learned of her being awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR.
8. Yuri Vasiliev
Vasiliev also became famous thanks to the supporting roles, having become famous after the picture of A. S. Gerasimov “Journalist”. "Moscow does not believe in tears," gave his career a new impetus, covering the second wave of popularity.
Viewers who forgot or did not know him began to recognize him solely by the role of Rudolph-Rodion Rachkov.
His life was suddenly interrupted on June 4, 1999, when he was 59 years old. Due to the heat, the actor suffered a heart attack, which caused death.
7. Natalya Vavilova
Vavilova began her career by accident: at the age of 14, an employee of Mosfilm approached her in a store and offered to star in a movie. Having made her debut in the film “Such High Mountains” (1974), she began to seriously engage in acting.
Fame came to her already in 1976 after Vladimir Menshov’s tape “Draw”, and after the drama “Moscow Doesn’t Believe in Tears”, Natalya Menshova became an all-Union celebrity.
She ended her career as suddenly as she started: in 1991, she simply stopped accepting new offers, although she was invited many times by eminent Russian directors.
6. Boris Smorchkov
Boris Smorchkov, who played Nikolai Mikhailovich (Tony's husband), starred in many films during his career, but only this role brought him fame and audience love. Everything else is small episodes, sometimes in little-known paintings unknown to the general public.
In parallel with the filming, he played in the Sovremennik Theater, where he was considered the soul of the collective, although he was not the main star.
Boris Fedorovich passed away in 2008, when he was 63 years old.
5. Alexander Fatyushin
For the first time on the screen, Alexander appeared in the film "Autumn" in 1974, and already in 1976 he received the first main role in the film "Spring Call." She did not bring him much success even despite the prize of the film festival in Riga, therefore in the future he was called mainly on the role of secondary heroes.
Like others from our list, Fatyushin worked a lot in the theater, which once prevented him: he was approved for the main role in Kin-dza-dza, but the theater leadership did not let him go. If not for this, his successes in the cinema could have a completely different scale.
4. Irina Muravyova
Muravyova became an actress solely because of her perseverance: after a decade, she applied to all Moscow theater institutes and everywhere was refused.
Forced to go to work, she tried again a year later, eventually obtaining approval only in the studio at the Children's Theater, where there was the least competition.
She was skeptical at first about the role in “Moscow Doesn't Believe in Tears,” since she did not like the script, but it was she who brought the USSR State Prize to Irina. And then she starred in "Carnival", which became the leader of film distribution at the end of the year.
The last time she appeared on the screen almost 10 years ago, but the theater at the age of 70 does not leave Muravyov.
3. Raisa Ryazanova
Antonina Buyanova, the heroine of the film “Moscow Doesn’t Believe in Tears,” found happiness, while the performer of the role of Ryazanova in her personal life was not going smoothly.
Bad luck in love was exacerbated by problems with work: during the years of perestroika, a popular artist was forced to earn a living by private cab and rent an apartment.
In the future, she managed to return to the screens: she starred in many TV shows ("My Fair Nanny", for example), then worked on television.
2. Alexey Batalov
For the first time on the stage of the theater created by his mother, Aleksey Batalov appeared during the Second World War, at the same time making his debut in the cinema (Zoya, 1944).
He was a teacher at VGIK, wrote books, served as president of the Nika Russian Academy, and often delivered lectures and master classes abroad.
He died in 2017: Batalov died at the 89th year of his life.
1. Vera Alentova
One of the most famous Soviet and Russian actresses, as well as the wife of Vladimir Menshov, is familiar to the viewer not only by the role of Katya Tikhomirova, but Alentova herself considers this work to be the best in her career.
Despite the considerable age of 77 years, she is not going to retire and continues to work. In her own words, she cannot and could never have imagined life without a stage or a movie screen.