Valentin Chernykh is a Soviet and Russian screenwriter. Hearing his name, the viewer first of all remembers Menshov's film Moscow Doesn't Believe in Tears. It is Chernykh who is the author of the story about a provincial girl who became disillusioned with a well-groomed Muscovite, made a grandiose career and, already being the director of the plant, met her love in the person of the locksmith Gosha. But on account of this screenwriter almost fifty works. What other films have been created based on the works of Valentin Chernykh?
Short biography
Valentin Chernykh was born in 1935. For several years he worked at a shipyard, then wrote short notes for newspapers. And, finally, he entered the Institute of Cinematography. After studying, Chernykh wrote the script "Earth for the Gods." Then there were many works that did not claim to be elite, and therefore close to a simple audience. In parallel with literary creativitythe screenwriter headed the Slovo association and was engaged in teaching activities.
Valentin Chernykh passed away in 2012. The film writer was buried at the Vagankovsky cemetery.
Fame and recognition
The pictures created according to his scripts won the love of viewers. And not only Soviet ones. In 1980, the Oscar was awarded to a film based on a script written by Valentin Chernykh. Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears became Reagan's favorite film. The American president has watched the film many times. And they say that at the end of the second series, at the very moment when Batalov's hero, after drinking an unmeasured amount of strong drink, returns to his beloved woman completely sober, Ronald Reagan dropped a mean man's tear.
But the hero of this article wrote not only about the difficult fate of a single mother. The author of many simple, but kind, optimistic works was Valentin Chernykh.
Movies
The brightest paintings created from Chernykh's scripts:
- Promised Land.
- "Marry the captain."
- "Love with privileges".
- "Love in Russian".
- "Tests for real men".
- Women's Property.
- Own.
The screenplay for the film listed last on this list was awarded the Golden Eagle Award.
Love with Privileges
This film was released in 1989, when the country began to speak openly about the crimes committed in Stalin's times. Homethe heroine was played by Lyubov Polishchuk. Vyacheslav Tikhonov played the role of a big official. Oleg Tabakov - a general who, in his spare time from his important affairs, like Levin from Tolstoy's novel, mows the grass at his dacha.
The father of the main character - Irina - was repressed in 1952. She and her mother were expelled from Moscow. Years have passed. Irina got married, gave birth to a daughter, divorced. And once I met a party worker Kozhemyakin. She married him and returned to her hometown. And then she found out that her respected husband was involved in the arrest of her father.
Women's Property
In this melodrama scripted by Valentin Chernykh, Konstantin Khabensky played one of his first roles. The film tells about a young actor who has an affair with a mature woman, a famous actress, a theater teacher at a high school. Elizabeth - and that is the name of the heroine of the picture - is diagnosed with cancer. Before her death, she does everything so that her young lover lives comfortably. She bequeaths him an apartment, arranges for a theater. But all this does not bring happiness to the hero of Khabensky.
Own
The script for this film differs significantly from those written by Valentin Chernykh. First of all, by the way it reflects the events of the war years. The main characters of the film are played by Konstantin Khabensky and Sergey Garmash. But even in this film, which tells about the German occupation, partisans, courage and betrayal, there is a small love story.
