An excellent selection of real TV idols and stars of the 70s and 80s, who remain beloved by millions of viewers to this day. I recommend watching it.
Igor Starygin
The actor became famous for his roles as school student Kostya Batishchev in the film “We’ll Live Until Monday” and the role of His Excellency’s junior adjutant Mickey in the five-part film “His Excellency’s Adjutant”, Aramis in the film trilogy “D’Artagnan and the Three Musketeers” and the former tsarist officer Vladimir Danovich in the Soviet feature television series "State Border".
The film “We'll Live Until Monday” collected many prizes and was even declared the best film of 1968 in a poll by the magazine “Soviet Screen”. She brought Igor Starygin his first fame and his first fans...
Among the films in which the actor starred: “The Return of the Musketeers or the Treasures of Cardinal Mazarin” (2009), “His Excellency’s Adjutant” (1969), “We’ll Live Till Monday” (1969), “D’Artagnan and the Three Musketeers” (1979), The Musketeers 20 Years Later (1992), The Mystery of Queen Anne or the Musketeers 30 Years Later (1993), State Border (1980), Snakecatcher (1985), Moonlight Rainbow (1984), “Married for the First Time” (1979), “Red Diplomatic Couriers” ( 1977) etc.
Dmitry Kharatyan
As a child, Dmitry did not even think about a career as an artist; he loved simple boyish fun, and was interested in sports and music. He played the guitar and sang. Thanks to this skill, Dmitry got into cinema for the first time - he auditioned for the role of Igor Grushko in the film “The Hoax”. In 1977, the film was released, and Dmitry, as they say, “woke up famous.”
In 1987, in Svetlana Druzhinina’s film “Midshipmen, Forward!” he played one of the main roles and became the idol of millions of women and girls. The film "Midshipmen, forward!" came out on screens and immediately created a real sensation. The midshipmen were immediately dubbed “Russian musketeers,” and this is no coincidence. Captivating plot, wonderful songs, beautiful, fearless characters. Kharatyan received letters in batches, and for four years he was named the best actor in the country.
Dmitry Kharatyan recalls: “After “Midshipmen,” some kind of madness began. Letters came in batches, someone wrote that they were going to give birth to me, someone had already given birth, someone named their son Dima, someone Alyosha (in honor of my character). One girl actually came from Ukraine with suitcases to “marry” me...
The image of the “Russian musketeer” Alyosha Korsak became Kharatyan’s “calling card” for many years.
In 1991 and 1992, he starred in the sequel to the film about the “Russian Musketeers” - “Vivat, Midshipmen” and “Midshipmen III”. In total, Kharatyan played more than 60 film roles, including Volodya Patrikeev in “The Green Van” (1983), Dmitry Puzyrev in the film “Private Detective, or Operation Cooperation” (1989), Alexander Turetsky in “Black Square” (1992), de Lamole in “Queen Margot” (1997), the title role in the series “Ivan Podushkin. Gentleman of the Detective" (2006), as well as Oleg Komarov's father in the remake of the film "Prank" (2008).
Sergey Zhigunov
In 1983, Zhigunov made his debut on television with a role in the adventure film “The Oath Record.” In the same year, 1983, his film debut took place, with a small role in the crime drama “Found Guilty” by Igor Voznesensky.
He gained all-Union fame thanks to his leading role in the popular television series “Midshipmen, Forward!” (1987).
Two years later, he consolidated his success with a role in Yuri Moroz’s fantasy melodrama “Dungeon of the Witches” (1989). In 1991, he starred in the film “Vivat, midshipmen!”, which is a continuation of the story “told” in the acclaimed series.
Between 1991 and 2004, Sergei Zhigunov played about twenty more roles in films and on television. He starred in the film “Hearts of Three” (1992), the television series “Queen Margot” (1996), “Cadets” (2004) and others.
Ivar Kalnins
The path to fame for Ivars Kalnins was opened by Via Artmane, who offered to star in the film “Theater” based on the novel by Somerset Maugham. The film was released in 1978. The role of Tom Fennell, the young lover of an aging diva, instantly made Ivars Kalnins famous throughout the country.
Very soon Kalnins became incredibly popular, especially among the female half. With the power of devilish charm and undeniable talent, he conquered millions of women’s hearts; his charming Latvian accent simply drove spectators crazy.
Among the most popular projects with the participation of the actor: the television film by Rodion Nakhapetov “Don’t Shoot the White Swans” (1980), the action drama “Case in Square 36-80” (1982), the popular adventure series “TASS is Authorized to Declare” (1984), the crime drama "Running Bus" (1991) and the action movie "Mirror Wars: The First Reflection" (2005).
Igor Kostolevsky
The role of Igor Kostolevsky was quickly determined - hero-lover. This was greatly facilitated by his attractive appearance. Success in cinema came really early, with the film “Star of Captivating Happiness.”
In all of Kostolevsky’s roles, one could feel extraordinary intelligence and dignity. Even the role of Komsomol leader Yevgeny Stoletov in Igor Shatrov’s television series “And That’s All About Him” was played by the actor with his usual grace. It is no coincidence that it was this work that brought him the unspoken status of a sex symbol in Russian cinema.
Among the actor’s works in the 70s, it is also worth noting the roles of astronomy teacher Marin Mirroiu in the melodrama “Nameless Star” and one of the shareholders of the cooperative in the cheerful comedy “Garage” by Eldar Ryazanov. Finally, in 1980, the legendary political detective story “Tehran-43” was released, where the actor played the role of Soviet intelligence officer Andrei Borodin. By this time, Kostolevsky was already a recognized “star” of Russian cinema.
Mikhail Boyarsky
One of the best works of Mikhail Boyarsky in cinema was Teodoro in the musical film by Jan Fried “Dog in the Manger” (1977), based on the play by Lope de Vega - in a film that is still loved by audiences.
The actor’s finest hour in cinema came in 1978, with the release of G. Yungvald-Khilkevich’s film “D’Artagnan and the Three Musketeers”, in which he played the main role - d’Artagnan.
Thanks to d'Artagnan and popular songs from the film, the actor's fame reached incredible heights. The audience cried and laughed, worried about the strong and courageous heroes. So since the late 70s, Boyarsky has become wildly popular.
Among other works of Mikhail Boyarsky, one cannot fail to note his roles in films directed by Svetlana Druzhinina. In 1979, he starred as a hussar in love in the musical comedy “The Hussar's Matchmaking.” Then his image of a romantic hero - a flexible, dexterous, charming man with no weaknesses - was used in a series of historical costume films: “Midshipmen, Go!” (1987) and “Vivat, midshipmen!” (1991).
Boyarsky sings in many of his films. He first sang in the children's musical film "New Year's Adventures of Masha and Viti", then in the musical fairy tale "Mama". And the songs from “The Musketeers” - “Bye-bye-swaying...”, “Pourquois pas” and others have become truly popular. Viewers also remembered the songs from the children's film “Above the Rainbow” (1986). But there were also many hits of those years such as “It shouldn’t be this way”, “Everything will pass”, “The leaves are burning”, “So we parted”, “I’ll take the fast train”, “Green-eyed taxi”.
Alexander Abdulov
The actor made his film debut in 1974, while a student.
However, wide fame came to him only after the role of the Bear in the television film “An Ordinary Miracle,” directed by Mark Zakharov based on the play of the same name by Evgeniy Schwartz.
During his work in cinema, the actor starred in more than 120 films.
The best of them: “The most charming and attractive”, “Don’t part with your loved ones”, “Carnival”, “Look for a woman”, “Sorcerers”, “The most charming and attractive”, “For beautiful ladies”, “Formula of love”, “ Ten Little Indians”, “Midshipmen, forward!”
Nikolay Eremenko
Eremenko starred in films of different genres: the musical “June 31” and “Rebel Barricade”.
And then in 1979, the first Soviet action film “Pirates of the 20th Century” was released on cinema screens in the USSR - the effect was like an explosion.
The audience fell in love with the mechanic Sergei and named Eremenko Jr. the best actor of 1981 (the survey was conducted by the magazine “Soviet Screen”). Eremenko was the first to show a modern male defender.
Leonid Filatov
Filatov began acting in films back in 1970, and by 1973 he consciously or intuitively acquired a second acting profession.
Over the years of work in cinema, he played leading roles in the films: “Rooks”, “Forgotten Melody for the Flute”, “Crew” (1980), “City Zero”, as well as roles in the films “The Captain’s Daughter” (Shvabrin, 1976), “From the life of the head of the criminal investigation department”, etc.
The role of the brave flight engineer Igor Skvortsov in the film “Crew” made the actor a real Soviet sex symbol. And it couldn’t have been any other way: a pilot, a brunette, a ladies’ man, and even a bed with color music...
The role of a brave flight engineer in the film “Crew” made the actor a real Soviet
