Anyone who sees Evgeny Pavlovich Leonov at least once on the screen knows: Attention didn’t have to be the main character to be the center. It may appear for a few minutes in the frame and may remain in memory of the audience forever. On the birthday of this unique actor, I would like to remember not only their main roles, but also they play secondary characters.
1. “Autumn Marathon” (1979) – Vasily Ignatich Kharitonov, neighboring Bozykin
In George Danelia’s lyrical tragicomed, Evgeny Leonov played the role of a neighbor – simple, old, lonely person. His hero rarely emerges, but the audience feels a boring longing for loneliness and sincere human temperature.
2. “Ordinary Miracle” (1978) – King
In this fairy tale, Mark Zakharov Leonov plays the ridiculous and touching, awesome and miserable king at the same time. This is not a classic ruler depicted in fairy tales, but a person confused with his power and fears.
3. “Rumyantsev Case” (1955) – Snegirev Mishka, Driver
One of Evgeny Leonov’s first roles in Joseph Heifitz’s film. His hero Snegirev is the driver of Mishka. Leonov already shows the ability to be alive and real. He plays a simple, gentle person who has much effect on the development of the land. However, such images are exactly such images that create a sense of originality about what is happening on the screen.
4. “AFONYA” (1975) – KEKYA
Evgeny Leonov plays a small but vibrant role in George Danelia. A section unites a glittering humor and a agile sorrow, because Leonov is the master of craft.
5. “Mimino” (1977) – Ivan Volokhov
In Moscow, Mimino, who is free of money, accidentally tries to help the pilot to fulfill his dream of great aviation through his son, his son, who died of military troops and connections. Leonov is literally enough to create a finished portrait that the audience does not remember that they are not worse than the main characters. It seems to be living separately from the land, but exactly such characters who complete the world of the film.
Source: People Talk
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