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Sergey Kolosov
It would be an exaggeration to say that Sergey Kolosov is well-known to the young audience nowadays. Meanwhile, the older generations still remember the films which they saw several decades ago: THE SOLDIER’S HEART, THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, CALL FIRE FOR OURSELVES, REMEMBER YOUR NAME...

May be, not all of those who saw the films long ago will not remember the name of the film director, but undoubtedly the films are dear to the hearts of viewers. Well, it is just a shortcoming of film directing that audience sometimes do not know the name of the director of the film they are fond of.

Sergey Kolosov is 90. It would be great if he would give us at least one more film. Of course, featuring Lyudmila Kasatkina.
Yury Nikulin
Everybody loved him. Those who went to the cinema every week. Those who went to the cinema once a month. Those who had never been to the circus. Those who adored the circus.
There were only a few Soviet actors who enjoyed popularity for so long.
He first appeared in minor roles, but each of them was memorable.
Of course, the summit of Nikulin’s popularity were his roles in the unfading comedies of Leonid Gaidai and Eldar Ryazanov made in the sixties.
Usually, having found such successful masks, actors tend to appear in them as long as they can. Not Yury Nukulin. The police master of dog Mukhtar, the muddler from the film
BUSINESSMEN appeared exactly in the years of the triumph of Nikulin-Vitsin-Morgunov trio.
VITALY SOLOMI
There are quite many good actors in today’s Russian cinema. But there is none like Vitaly Solomin.
He displayed manhood and tenderness, courage and shyness, ease and refinement. He was equally convincing when playing a haughty dandy (WOMEN, PETTICOAT RULE, THE COMING DAY) or a homely dependable guy (SIBERIADA, DAURIA). He was brilliant in lyrical stories (BELOVED) eccentriades (A HARD NUT), westerns (WHO WILL PAY FOR GOOD LUCK?).
Audience loved Vitaly Solomin. Especially the gentler part of the audience, of course. Comely, stately, with a handsome open face – the mere mention of his name on the poster significantly increased the success of a film. The issues of the magazines “Soviet Screen” and “Viewer’s Guide” with his picture on the cover were sold out as soon as they reached press stalls.
He was a wonderful, charming and awfully attractive actor. And at the same time – a nice chap. One longed to meet, talk to, be friends with the characters he featured. It was natural to love them.
When he died, so unexpectedly, we all felt it like a personal loss.
It is great that there are movies. We can watch again and again the films with our adored and ever alive for us Vitaly Solomin.