Mosfilm Square. Unusual places and monuments

Mosfilm Film Studio is the largest film studio in Europe. Today, this is the only film studio in Russia that meets international standards and provides the full range of film production services: from writing a script, building sets, sewing costumes, to actually filming, editing, dubbing, etc. The area of ​​the film studio is 34.5 hectares. On this territory there are 15 filming pavilions, an apple orchard, two-level ponds, a forest park, a museum of retro cars and, probably, much more that the guide did not mention.

Getting on an excursion to Mosfilm is both simple and, at the same time, difficult. Simple - because To do this, you don’t need to make an appointment in advance, you can just come at the appointed time to the entrance of the film studio, wait for the guide, buy a ticket and, in principle, that’s it, then, as they say, it’s a matter of technique. The difficulty is that tours of Mosfilm take place on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays in the summer and on Tuesdays and Thursdays during the rest of the year, the tour starts at 15:00 (it is better to check this information on the official website www.mosfilm.ru, because it can change). Those. It turns out that it is almost impossible for an ordinary person with a standard 5/2 work schedule to get into Mosfilm. Well, either only during vacation or if you take a day off. But at the same time, if you browse the websites of excursion agencies, you can find offers for excursions to Mosfilm on weekends. But the price for a ticket will no longer be 140 rubles, but 800 and above.

For a long time, I was pressured to pay several times more for an excursion on a weekend, which can be taken several times cheaper on a weekday. As a result, I managed to get to Mosfilm only when I had a free week while moving from one place of work to another.

Mosfilm is located at the Kyiv metro station. Address - st. Mosfilmovskaya 1. From the metro you still need to travel about fifteen minutes by buses 119, 205, trolleybuses 7, 17, 34 or minibuses 11m, 20m, 394m, 525m, 329m, 496m, 205k to the Mosfilm stop.

By 15:00, 40-50 people had gathered at the entrance, wanting to go on an excursion. A female tour guide came out and led everyone into the territory and then to the ticket office.

The excursion began at the vintage car museum. Most of the car models presented here we have already seen in or in. But here each car has its own special story. Each of them starred in a film or even several. Here are the Mercedes of Stirlitz, and the ZAZ-965 from the comedy “3+2”, and the Volga GAZ 21 from “Beware of the Car” and many others. There were a lot of people in our group, and it was very inconvenient to take photographs. And there was no time for that, because... the guide told everything very quickly, moving from one car to another, and then to the next room.

BMW-321, 1940, starred in the films “Liberation”, “Saboteur”, “Moscow Saga”, “On Thin Ice”.

GAZ-21, 1964, starred in the films “Beware of the Car”, “The Diamond Arm”, “Poisons”.

ZIS-8, 1938, starred in the films “The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed”, “Saboteur”, “MUR”, “The Sky is on Fire”.

Russo-Balt K-12/20, 1911, starred in the films “Death of the Empire”, “A Horseman Called Death”, “Yesenin”.

Rolls-Royce, 1913, starred in the films “The Elusive Avengers”, “Crown of the Russian Empire”, “Tavern on Pyatnitskaya”, “The Regicide”.

Magirus, 1912, starred in the films “The Sixth”, “The Regicide”, “Death of the Empire”, “Sins of the Fathers”.

NSU-Centaur, half-track motorcycle, 1937, starred in the films “Star”, “Penal Battalion”.

The next room was dedicated to clothing. Here on mannequins hung clothes made for filming. Material for some items, for example, for the royal clothes for the film “Boris Godunov,” was ordered from the monastery. They were hand-embroidered with freshwater pearls and used natural fur. As a result, the costumes turned out to be heavy, some weighing 15-18 kg.

Natalia Bondarchuk's dress (center) for the film "Solaris".

Lyudmila Gurchenko's costume for the film “An Ideal Husband.” On the mannequin, the jacket does not meet at the waist; it is too small for the mannequin. It fit perfectly on Gurchenko, her waist is only 47 cm.

Crown from the film “Crown of the Russian Empire”. It was ordered in the Czech Republic, but the size was not indicated. Therefore, the crown turned out to be narrow and not suitable for anyone.

The famous helmet from the movie "Gentlemen of Fortune". For a long time he was considered missing and was found quite by accident somewhere far away on the mezzanine among a heap of some rubbish.

The scenery for the film “Poisons, or the World History of Poisoning,” whoever watched it, I think, will recognize it.

Carriage from the film “War and Peace”, “Anna Karenina”, “Nest of Nobles”, “Formula of Love”.

Carriage from the film "Midshipmen Forward".

A cab from the film “New Adventures of the Elusive”, “Tavern on Pyatnitskaya”, “Matchmaking of a Hussar”.

We go outside. The set “Moscow, 19th century” was built here. All the houses are made of plywood, coated with plaster on top, empty inside, supported by scaffolding. The city was created for Karen Shakhnazarov’s film “A Horseman Named Death.” Usually, after filming, all the scenery is dismantled and destroyed. Other directors liked this one, so they decided to keep it. For different films, Moscow turned into Berlin, Paris, Tbilisi, even Copenhagen. Some things were completed, signs were changed, but after filming Moscow was always returned to its previous appearance. The films “State Councilor”, “Poor Nastya”, “Death of the Empire”, “Gentlemen Officers”, “Saving the Emperor”, “Doctor Zhivago”, “Azazel” and others were filmed here.

Set "Berlin 1945 after the bombing" for the film "The White Tiger".

We go into one of the filming pavilions. Photo and video shooting is prohibited here. It is unlikely that there is anything secret here; most likely this was done so as not to interfere with the workers creating the scenery. The fact that there is nothing secret here can be seen by watching the video below. From it you will learn how indoor scenes are filmed in movies, quite interesting...

Casts of actors' faces for applying plastic makeup. The faces of Leonid Bronevoy, Rina Zelenaya, Yuri Yakovlev are easily recognizable...

Dmitry Dyuzhev's belly from the film "Pregnant".

Do you recognize the cat from the film “Operation Y and Shurik’s Other Adventures”?

After the end of the excursion, everyone was left to their own devices; no one was kicked out of the gate. It was possible to walk around the territory of Mosfilm on your own, but after two hours of walking there was no longer any desire to do so. Most of the people went to a cafe located right on the territory of the film studio, next to the place where the tour ended. The prices here, I must say, are quite reasonable.

Overall it was an interesting excursion. Below are a few more photos from Mosfilm:

The Mosfilm film concern is the largest leading enterprise in the Russian film industry, one of the largest film studios in Europe, equipped with modern high-tech equipment that allows the entire film production cycle to be fully carried out. Mosfilm produces almost all domestic film, television and video products. The “birthday” of the Mosfilm film concern is considered to be January 30, 1924, when the first full-length silent film “On Wings High” directed by Boris Mikhin premiered.

About the film concern

The Mosfilm film concern is a federal state unitary enterprise (FSUE). According to the general director of the concern, Karen Shakhnazarov, the enterprise does not receive any budget subsidies; its reconstruction and modernization were carried out using its own income. It pays decent taxes. In particular, in 2013 the film concern paid taxes amounting to three hundred million rubles. Mosfilm is an industry-forming enterprise in the Russian cinematography system, employing more than one thousand two hundred people. The studio's production capacity is more than one hundred paintings per year. Having overcome the crisis of the 1990s, the studio not only preserved traditions and cinematic professions, but became a highly profitable enterprise, increasing its profitability over the past nine years by more than 10 times. Over ninety years of activity at Mosfilm, more than two thousand five hundred full-length films have been created. Over the years, many famous directors worked here, whose films were included in the “Golden Fund of Russian and World Cinematography”: Alexander Dovzhenko, Sergei Eisenstein, Vsevolod Pudovkin, Ivan Pyryev, Grigory Alexandrov, Mikhail Romm, Grigory Chukhrai, Mikhail Kalatozov, Sergei Bondarchuk, Andrey Tarkovsky, Leonid Gaidai, Eldar Ryazanov, Isidor Annensky, Alexander Ptushko and many others. From April 20, 1998 to the present, Karen Georgievich Shakhnazarov has been the general director and chairman of the board of the FSUE Mosfilm Cinema Concern.

“Mosfilm” was created on the basis of two nationalized film factories A. A. Khanzhonkov and I. N. Ermolyev in November 1923, when the newly created enterprise began work on the film “On Wings High” directed by Boris Mikhin, which was released on the screens of the Soviet Union 30 January 1924. This date is officially considered the date of birth of the Mosfilm film studio. Initially the film studio was called "Moskinokombinat". It received its current name in 1935. The emblem of the Mosfilm film studio is the sculpture “Worker and Collective Farm Woman” by Vera Mukhina. The sculpture first appeared in 1947 as a Mosfilm screen mark in the feature film “Spring” directed by Grigory Alexandrov. In 1959, the “Creative Association “Youth”” for children’s and youth films was organized at the Mosfilm film studio, which existed until the mid-1970s and released more than 40 films. The association was headed by Alexander Ptushko and, later, Alexander Khmelik. At Mosfilm it was...

02. Monument to V.M.Shukshin

Each subsequent decade, new wonderful films appeared at the studio - “The Train Stopped” by Vadim Abdrashitov, “Come and See” by Elem Klimov, “We are from Jazz” and “Courier” by Karen Shakhnazarov, “Scarecrow” by Rolan Bykov, “Autumn Marathon” and “Kin” -dza-dza!” Georgy Danelia, “Moscow Doesn’t Believe in Tears” by Vladimir Menshov. During the difficult times of perestroika, the studio was able to survive the chaos and general devastation; they still continued to make films here, the most significant of which were “Midshipmen” by Svetlana Druzhinina, “Shirley-Myrli” by Vladimir Menshov, “Star” by Nikolai Lebedev, etc.

03. Shark Pond

04. A crocodile lies by the pond

05. And in the pond there lives a real live turtle

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07. The frog princess is waiting for her prince

08. Real garden

09. Monument to the fallen Mosfilm workers during the Great Patriotic War

Over the course of many years, large-scale research and experimental production work was carried out at the studio’s technical base, as a result of which new technologies and samples of new equipment were introduced into domestic film production; the studio has a large number of registered patents for serious inventions. The successes achieved by the film studio contributed to the fact that new products were widely introduced at other studios in our country. Today, Mosfilm Cinema Concern, after serious modernization, is, as always, open to creative cooperation, firmly holding its place as the leading film enterprise in Russia.

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11. Many Russian TV channels film their programs at Mosfilm

12. The 6th pavilion of Mosfilm is considered the pavilion of good luck. Every actor strives to get here. It is believed that whoever stars in it will definitely become a “star.”

13. This is what a regular filming stage without decorations looks like

14. Passages between pavilions

15. 11th pavilion

16. Among film students, it is considered a good omen to rub a lizard’s nose.

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19. Field guns of the 1810 model participated in the films “War and Peace”, “Waterloo”, “Emelyan Pugachev”, “That Same Munchausen”, “Crazy”

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The beginning of the tour of Mosfilm.

The film studio (or, in modern terms, a film concern) Mosfilm is the largest film production complex in Europe. Today, this is the only film studio in Russia that fully complies with international standards and carries out the full production cycle: from writing a script, building sets, sewing costumes, to filming, editing, dubbing, etc. The area of ​​the film studio is 34.5 hectares. On the territory there are 15 filming pavilions, a tone studio, an apple orchard, two-level ponds, a forest park, a museum, a complex of outdoor outdoor scenery "Old Moscow", a hotel and... much more.

Mosfilm's birthday is considered to be January 30, 1924, when the premiere of the first full-length silent film “On Wings High” directed by Boris Mikhin took place. Today the Mosfilm Film Concern is a federal state unitary enterprise. According to General Director Karen Shakhnazarov, the enterprise does not receive any budget funds; its reconstruction and modernization were carried out with its own money. It pays decent taxes. In particular, over the past 2013, the film concern paid taxes amounting to three hundred million rubles. More than 1,200 people work here, and the studio's production capacity is more than one hundred paintings per year. Over the entire history of its existence, Mosfilm has produced about one and a half thousand (!) full-length films.

"Mosfilm" was created on the basis of two nationalized film factories A. A. Khanzhonkov and I. N. Ermolyev in November 1923, when the newly created enterprise began work on the film directed by Boris Mikhin "On Wings High", which was released on the screens of the Soviet Union 30 January 1924. This date is officially considered the date of birth of the Mosfilm film studio. Initially the film studio was called "Moskinokombinat". It received its current name in 1935. The emblem of the Mosfilm film studio is the sculpture “Worker and Collective Farm Woman” by Vera Mukhina, which appeared in 1947 as the Mosfilm screen mark in the feature film “Spring” directed by Grigory Alexandrov.

1. The address of Mosfilm, as you might guess, is st. Mosfilmovskaya, building 1. And exactly opposite now stands the futuristic “House on Mosfilmovskaya”. In front of the main entrance to the film studio there is an emblem made in the famous font.

2. The first building you see when you get inside is the administrative building. By the way, most of the buildings are painted this sand color.

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5. The territory of Mosfilm is huge, it’s like a city within a city with its own streets and traffic rules. See how many “no stopping” signs there are. The film studio follows the latest Moscow fashion. I wonder if cars are towed here just as intensively?

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8. Wall art.

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10. Car wash and tire service - everything is here.

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12. The house on Mosfilmovskaya is visible from everywhere.

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14. And in the bowels of this crematorium-like building is the famous tone studio, or rather, a complex of more than a dozen studios, including an orchestral one. This is where music is recorded, dubbing, etc.

15. Brick and just stone.

16. Smoking at Mosfilm is allowed only in specially designated areas.

17. Let's look inside.

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19. There is a complex corridor system inside and a person who comes here for the first time, despite the abundance of signs, can easily get lost.

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23. One of the filming pavilions is occupied by the decorations of the temple.

24. Installation and dismantling of structures is carried out by special cranes located on top.

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28. Someone is making a video.

29. There is even a laundry room here. Or maybe not alone.

30. Casts of actors’ faces for applying plastic makeup.

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33. Separately on the territory of Mosfilm there is a site for on-location historical filming "Moscow, 19th century", created once specifically for Shakhnazarov's film "A Horseman Named Death".

34. In this historical oasis, all the houses are made of plywood and covered with plaster on top. At the same time, they are empty inside and are supported by a frame made of scaffolding.

35. The films “State Councilor”, “Poor Nastya”, “Death of the Empire”, “Gentlemen Officers”, “Doctor Zhivago”, “Azazel” and many others were filmed here.

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47. A little bit of the Mosfilm Museum. It is interesting primarily for its fleet of vehicles. Each of the cars presented here was featured in some movie, and often in several. Here, for example, is Stalin's ZiS-110.

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49. "Volga" from the film "Beware of the Car."

50. And this is the same disabled woman of the Nikulin-Morgunov-Vitsin trinity. "Don't make noise! ​​I'm disabled!" remember?

51. Opel 1934 edition. By the way, all the cars are running, even now for filming.

52. Huge Rolls-Royce.

53. Did you find out? Bus of Gleb Zheglov's brigade.

The monument to Leonov in Moscow is installed on the Alley of Movie Stars, located next to the Mosfilm film studio. Here you will see not only tiles with handprints of famous Soviet and Russian film masters, but also a popular monument to Leonov, a famous theater and film actor, loved by many generations of viewers.

The history of the creation of the monument to Leonov

The sculpture of the beloved actor was created by order of Mosfilm. With a request to sculpt the figure of Evgeniy Pavlovich, the film studio turned to the artist Ekaterina Chernyshova, who immediately accepted this offer.

Initially, the actor’s widow and his son Andrei wanted the sculpture to depict a lyrical hero, such as the locksmith Kharitonov from the film “Autumn Marathon,” but then the family, together with the artist, decided to create a figure of Evgeniy Troshkin, an Associate Professor from the comedy “Gentlemen of Fortune.”

Ekaterina Chernyshova bought a copy of the film and a book about the actor and, after working on them, completed a sketch that was approved by Evgeniy Pavlovich’s relatives. The artist began work and in 2001 the monument to Leonov in Moscow was cast in bronze.

Its opening took place in June 2001, when the XXIII Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF) was held in the capital and the Alley of Movie Stars was opened in the park on the street. Mosfilmovskaya.

It’s sad, but the author of the monument, Ekaterina Chernyshova, was not invited to the opening ceremony of the Alley of Movie Stars. The artist was not offended and later made sculptures of Nikulin from “Operation Y”, Papanov and Mironov from “12 Chairs”.

Monument to Leonov in Moscow - description

The monument to Leonov in Moscow is erected on the Alley of Movie Stars in a public garden not far from the film studio building at the intersection of Mosfilmovskaya and Pyryeva streets.

The sculpture depicts Evgeny Troshkin during his confrontation with a prisoner in prison. At this moment, the hero of the film tears his T-shirt and utters the famous phrase: “I’ll tear your mouth, I’ll gouge out your eyes.” You can see a variety of tattoos on the hands of the sculpture.

Alley of Movie Stars in Moscow

There is an Alley of Russian Stars in many Russian cities, including Kaliningrad and Vyborg, Vitebsk and Kazan, Izhevsk and Saratov, Stavropol and Krasnoyarsk.

In the capital, one of the alleys of movie stars is located near the Mosfilm film studio, where there are slabs with handprints of many famous and beloved filmmakers, including Georgy Danelia and Alexandra Abdulov, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan and Elina Bystritskaya, Oleg Basilashvili and Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Liya Akhedzhakova and Nikolai Karachentsov .

This Alley differs in this from the alleys near the Rossiya Concert Hall and on Arbat, where only the names of film masters are laid down, and not their imprints.

The decision to create the Alley of Movie Stars was made in the spring of 2001, and its grand opening took place on June 25, 2001, on this day the first memorial plate was installed, on which the President of the MIFF, actor and film director Nikita Mikhalkov, adhering to the Hollywood tradition, left his handprint and autograph on cement.

For reference: Usually this ceremony takes place according to the following scheme: the hero of the occasion arrives in a luxury car, greets the assembled audience and gives autographs to everyone. The organizers bring out a slab of fresh cement, into which the movie star dips his hand and then signs.

It must be said that leaving hand or foot prints in Hollywood is much more prestigious than receiving an Oscar or having a star on the Walk of Fame.

The number of Stars on the Walk of Fame and the number of Oscar winners number in the thousands, and only about 200 famous personalities, including Charlie Chaplin and Marilyn, have received the honor of leaving their imprints on the concrete at the TCL Chinese Theater (formerly Grauman's Chinese Theater) on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles. Monroe, Clint Eastwood and Johnny Depp, Al Pacino and Jackie Chan.

Monument to Leonov in Moscow – address

Address - Mosfilmovskaya street, building No. 8, Alley of Movie Stars square.

Monument to Leonov in Moscow - how to get there

• By metro to Sportivnaya, Victory Park or Kyiv stations
• By minibus No. 110m and 11m, 20m and 329m, 394m and 525m
• By bus No. 67 and 119, 205 and 205k
• Trolleybus No. 7 and 17, 34 and 34k to the Mosfilm stop.

In the life of the outstanding artist, beloved and adored by the audience, Evgeniy Leonov, not everything was so simple. He was dissatisfied with himself and his roles, he lacked love and it seemed that he was not worthy of it.

In 2014, it was 20 years since the famous actor passed away. The monument to Leonov in Moscow - a sculpture of a funny and kind Associate Professor reminds us of the work of an actor who knew how to hide complexes and fears, doubts and loneliness with his smile.