The initial scenario of the Strugatsky brothers was the transition of "bustle of fuss", the second part of the story "Monday begins on Saturday." However, the director of the film Konstantin Bromberg immediately realized that, taking into account the attitude of the authorities to the creativity of Strugatsky, such a scenario is unlikely to be censored. And as a result, the science fiction writers under the leadership of Bromberg wrote a New Year's fairy tale, in which only the names of some employees invented by them of the scientific universal institution of extraordinary services remained.
Alexandra Yakovlev and Valentin Gaft
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During filming between Alexandra Yakovleva and Valentine Gaft, there were not the best relationships. However, the plot of the paintings, according to which the cunning sorcerer seeks the location of the girl is much younger and wept for the sake of this intrigue, it has very much to ensure that these characters conflict. By the way, all sorts of mysticism accompanied the film crew throughout the work. Part of the episodes were removed in the new body of the television center "Ostankino", where the filmmakers discovered the mass of artifacts up to the forgotten stamped bulldozer, which built builders in a hurry.
Semen Faraday
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The role of Farada Seeds was originally very small, literally into several phrases. However, the actor suggested such an interesting and ridiculous development of the character that episodes with the participation of Farada in the end became much more. The famous phrase "Well, who is so building?" Invented by the actor after he got lost in "Ostankino" when I was looking for a film crew. However, not everyone was lucky with the covered aphorisms. So, the songwriter Leonid Derbenev rewrite the poems that became the texts for songs, seven times. And one day he was so carried away by a telephone conversation with the director, which was on the street in slippers and without a jacket.
Ekaterina Vasilyeva
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Dr. Magic Sciences Shamakhanskaya could play Alice Freundlich (failed due to the great employment of the actress) or Margarita Terekhov. The director saw a large witchcraft potential on Terechova, but in the end I gave the role of Ekaterina Vasilyeva and did not regret it at all. In general, the plot based on magic and witchcraft, very alarmed officials from television. As a result, the picture was mercilessly crudged. Especially went to the talking cat, which immediately began to compare with the Bulgakovty catfeit, and such associations were considered inappropriate in those times. Cat voiced Georgy Vicin, and when the actor realized that he had almost nothing left of his character, he called Bromberg and literally burst into tears.
Alexander Abdulov and Alexander Yakovlev
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Finding actors on the role of in love with a magician Alena Sanina and an employee of the factory of musical instruments Ivan Pukhova passed very difficult. Alena could play real beauties of Soviet cinema Irina Alferov or Larisa Udovichenko. However, on samples, the witch was best depicted Alexander Yakovleva. She was looking for a partner for quite a long time and even began to shoot some scenes with a double. Tried Kostoloshevsky, Prokhanov, Eremin, Kalnyns and many others. But when Alexander Abdulov came to the sample, it became clear that the yakovoye is more comfortable to play with him. In addition, they looked fine in the frame.