The film "Heavenly Swallows": actors and roles, plot

Musical comedy "Heavenly Swallows", actorswhich rattled with their names all over the Soviet Union, was filmed by director Leonid Kvinikhidze in 1976. The film features wonderful songs written by Viktor Lebedev, and a light, uncomplicated story allows you to relax in the 126 minutes that the film lasts. Who played the main roles in the Kvinikhidze motion picture and what are its events narrating?

The creators of the painting

The first noticeable work of Leonid Kvinikhidze in the cinemaassociated with the novel "The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin", based on which the director shot the series "The Collapse of Engineer Garin." Then Kvinikhidze made a whole series of cult films that viewers repeatedly review even nowadays: this is Straw Hat, the fairy tale Mary Poppins, goodbye! And, of course, Sky Swallows.

The cameraman Nikolai Zhilin, who worked on Mikhail Yershov’s drama Chelyuskintsy, filmed the material for “Sky Swallows” for the director.

Especially for the comedy Kvinikhidze wonderfulThe songs were written by musician Viktor Lebedev, who is also known for his compositions created for the films “Diary of the school principal”, “Look for a woman” and “Midshipmen, go ahead!”

The shooting took place in the Vorontsov Palace, located near Alupka. Part of the material was filmed on the streets of Yalta.

Short story

The actors of the film "Sky Swallows" play in the frame a funny story of a young naughty pensioner who escapes from the monastic cloister and becomes a variety actress.

Denise de Florigni in the face of the nuns whothey teach the girls of the guesthouse good manners, they act as a humble and submissive person. But in fact, she hides from all dreams of becoming a famous actress who basks in the glory and colors of grateful fans.

Not only Denise is hypocritical in this monastery: a music teacher, a certain Celestin, in the afternoon pretends to be a pious monster of strict rules, and in the evening he writes frivolous operettas for the local theater.

And once Denise reported that she was engaged toone young man and will soon be married. Mr. Celesten should have taken the girl home from the guesthouse. However, instead, they ended up in a local variety show, where Denise had to save Mr. Celestin’s performance from collapse. As a result, the whole story turns into a completely unexpected ending.

“Heavenly Swallows”: actors and roles. Ia Ninidze in the role of Denise

When Ia Ninidze got a role in the filmKvinikhidze, she was only 14 years old. It was a landmark film: Heavenly swallows made the famous Ninidze all over the Soviet Union. The actors who starred in the film with Iya had a lot of experience and sonorous names. However, Ninidze was not lost on their background and took a worthy place in the picture.

Ia Ninidze danced well since childhoodstarred in the movie ("Do not Cry!", "First Swallow"). However, she could not sing, so the role of Deniza was voiced by singer Elena Driatskaya, who had a sonorous youthful voice.

После участия в этом проекте Ия Нинидзе Went to get higher acting education at VGIK. After graduation, the artist worked for more than ten years in the Tbilisi Drama Theater. In the late 90s she had to move to Moscow and begin performing in the theater-cabaret "The Bat". Soon a massive decoration fell on her, and due to injuries Ninidze had to leave the stage for a while.

Recently, the actress often appears in the TV shows “Vasilyevsky Island”, “Hunting for Beria”, “March of the Turkish”, etc.

“Heavenly Swallows”: actors and roles. Photo by Andrei Mironov and his character Celesten

Andrei Mironov - the hero of his time, petwill give He knew how to please not only the audience, but also the directors of the country, so the actor starred in the best films of the USSR. Every second tape with the participation of Mironov entered the golden collection of Soviet cinema.

In the film “Sky Swallows”, the actors Mironov andNinidze played a teacher and student. Mr. Celesteen, according to the plot, taught music at the hostel of young Denise. However, Celesten had a little secret: for the abbess of the monastery and the students, he was a devout and highly moral master, and in his free time in the city he was known as Floridore, a composer of operettas for the local cabaret.

Once Celestena was assigned to conduct Denise untiltrains, but the composer had to settle their affairs in the theater, so he leaves Denise unattended. The girl uses this chance to feel herself at least for a minute as an operetta star.

Irina Gubanova as Karolina

Ирина Губанова в фильме Леонида Квинихидзе performed the role of abbess of the monastery, in which girls from decent families are brought up. Her heroine firmly believes in her good deed, but the comic situation is that Carolina does not even suspect what is happening in her hostel: girls dream of romances with the military, Denise’s most exemplary student plans to escape from her parents, and the well-bred seignor Celesteen actually leads a double life. In short, mundane life rages in the Heavenly Swallows monastery.

Actors Irina Gubanova, Lyudmila Gurchenko,Alexander Shirvindt were very popular in the USSR. Gubanova began her career in Ryazanov’s lyric comedy “The Girl without an Address”, playing the room’s main character’s neighbor. Then there was the role of Polina in the cinema of R. Tikhomirov "The Queen of Spades" and the role of Svetlana in the first trolleybus of Annensky's melodrama. Also, the actress can be seen in the films "War and Peace", "The Snow Queen" and "Green Carriage."

Lyudmila Gurchenko as Koko

Biography of actors of the film "Heavenly Swallows" -no matter what the script for the individual film. By the way, the history of the life and creative work of the USSR People’s Artist Lyudmila Gurchenko has recently devoted an entire series to the TV channel Russia-1.

Lyudmila Markovna was one of those rare actresseswho were able to create memorable images and at the same time sang well. Gurchenko starred in many musical films (“Carnival Night”, “Straw Hat”) and at the same time performed the vocals of her heroines on her own.

Were in the career of the artist and serious dramatic roles: for example, in the films "The Station for Two", "Baltic Sky", "Love and Pigeons."

In the "Sky Swallows" Gurchenko got the roleKoko's opera theater, which, on the day of one of Floridor’s performances, escaped with a military officer. After such a state of emergency, the director of the theater simply had to urgently introduce young Denise in the performance, who offered her services.

Other performers of roles

Фильм «Небесные ласточки», актеры и роли которого They are notable for their special brightness and colorfulness; they are also among the best films by Alexander Shirvindt, Sergey Zakharov, Era Ziganshina, Gelena Ivlieva and Boris Lyoskin.