Его невозможно вспоминать, не вспоминая о его wife They are always together, always together. So, Mukasey Anatoly, a man whose eyes we’ve reviewed dozens and hundreds of times favorite films by several generations: “Beware of the car”, “Attention, the turtle!”, “For family reasons”, “Circus Princess”, “Trap for a lonely man”, "Big change". He is the operator of absolutely all the directorial works of his second half - Svetlana Druzhinina. And their creative tandem has always been very fruitful.
Childhood
July 26, 1938 in the family of Michael and ElizabethMukasey was born son - Mukasey Anatoly. Their family was somewhat unusual when compared with the average Soviet families. Parents were illegal scouts. In total, the children (Ella was still a girl in the family) did not see their parents for about twenty years, despite the fact that they came to Moscow at the first opportunity (though not for long, for seven days, maximum ten), and when they were not It was near, passed little notes and parcels.
Tolya and Ella realized that you couldn’t tell anything about your parents. The children diligently kept this secret. In the capital, children were taken care of by good "chefs" who became their friends.
Микроб киноискусства маленький Мукасей подхватил back in los angeles when dad was a consul there. Tolya perfectly remembered Uncle Charlie (Chaplin), played with Uncle Theodore (Dreiser). Until now, the family kept the box with the film, which recorded childhood memories.
Dad lived in 101 years, mom - 97. But even at such a respectable age, they felt that they had not yet begun to live.
The magical world of cinema
Anatoly Mukasey, being impressed bymeetings with Hollywood stars in his childhood years, even then he made an important and final decision - to show the audience something that would be interesting for them. The determining factor in choosing the operator's profession was that the movie camera can save time for many, many years.
In 1961, Mukasey graduated from the cameraFaculty of VGIK. First, he worked for a year at the Leningrad studio of newsreel, shooting a number of plots. Since 1962, he has been the production director of Mosfilm Studios.
He is still convinced that viewers are watching movies through the eyes of the operator, and on the screen they should be clear and visible. After all, each screen image is the same painting, only dynamic.
Поэтому и все его картины — это маленькие masterpieces that I want to revise again and again, despite how many years ago it was all filmed: “Husar's Matchmaking”, “Give a Complaint Book”, “Nose”, “Viva, Midshipmen!” It should be noted, and all six films of the series "Secrets of palace coups."
My love
Future spouses met while still beingVGIK students. Anatoly Mukasey, whose photo is not so often found in various magazines, studied at the camera department, and Svetlana Druzhinina - at the actor's.
The fateful meeting took place in the locker roomvolleyball court Institute. Svetlana at that time was already a rising movie star and an amazing beauty. When the ball rolled to her feet, she looked up and saw a young man who was the captain of the institute's men's volleyball team. This was Anatoly Mukasey, whose biography from that day for almost 60 years has been inextricably linked with this woman. Many years later, he admitted that the ball was just a reason for dating.
Mukasey was a year younger than Druzhinina and completelydid not like her fellow students. They could not understand what the recognized beauty of the course had found in this long-arms and long-legged lad. But the couple was inseparable, everywhere they went together: to the cinema, to the institute, to volleyball competitions. Now everyone understood that the case was nearing the wedding. Mukasey Anatoly recalled that Svetlana had one mercenary goal in concluding this marriage: to live with him for several decades.
Meet the Parents
As we have said, Michael and Elizabeth Mukasei,Anatoly's parents and his sisters, Ella, worked for a quarter of a century as illegal intelligence agents abroad. Fluent in several foreign languages, they spoke Russian with an accent.
Parents were rarely in Moscow, but everyone knew aboutthe affairs of their children. Mom learned that Druzhinina would be her daughter-in-law before her son met her. When they were in Gagra watching the film “For the Storefront of a Department Store,” Anatoly asked whether the main character liked the mother (Druzhinina played the role of Sonja Bozhko). And he declared (either jokingly or seriously) that he marries her. Tolya was then only 17 years old and he soon forgot about his promise. Until the moment when I saw Svetlana at the institute.
When they went to visit for dating inher parents, Druzhinina remembered well how her knees were shaking. She wore a modest black dress with a white collar, and on Anatoly's parents, when they opened the apartment door, there were gorgeous evening dresses - a luxurious dress and a three-piece suit. For the first time in her life, the girl felt a tremendous panic: would they like her and would they not discourage her son from marrying her? The impressions and emotions were so strong that Svetlana was sick for several days on nervous grounds. And then Anatoly arrived with a gift from his mother: a white handbag with handkerchiefs, perfumes and chewing gums. And he said that parents suggested they get married before graduation.
The wedding was very beautiful in a chic for thoserestaurant times. And the next day, her parents left for work from the capital, leaving Sveta with a letter stating that everything she learned in the family should be kept secret, and that she would not go abroad. But for the sake of her love, she was ready to sacrifice much. In addition, all this time, she quietly took lessons from her mother-in-law. Over time, Mukasey Anatoly said that Sveta was just a copy of his mother.
The younger generation of the family
It so happened that it was volleyball that determined andthe fate of their son - Michael. He, like dad, a cameraman and a volleyball player. Mikhail once called his mother and said that he would come to the country to acquaint parents with his girlfriend. At first, Druzhinina became agitated that there was practically nothing to put on the table, but when she saw the choice of her son, then ... Her delight knew no bounds. After all, it was Catherine Gamow herself! Yes, two-time world champion in volleyball. From the first minute, the future daughter-in-law was accepted by his parents as his own.
Now, not a single match in which Katya takes part takes place without the presence of a large family. The husband and his parents always support her.
Here they are spouses and parents, SvetlanaDruzhinina and Anatoly Mukasey. Children whose photos of celebrities are usually taken to be on public display have always been loved by their family. And after the tragic death of their eldest son Anatoly in 1986, the family did not break up, as is often the case, on the contrary, they experienced common grief together, having managed to unite even more. A love younger only added. After all, the most important lesson that the elder Mukaseis (parents of Anatoly) gave to the younger ones (Svetlana and their son) is to always remain together, no matter what surprises they bring to life.
