guest: honored artist of russia, alexander olezhko. today there’s just a wall of snow, powder, and the trees are being collected, it’s very interesting, you warmed up in our studio, yes, yes, i feel good, in the film metro by karen shakhnazarov, khitrovka, the sign of four, you played one of the main roles, reincarnated as the famous theater figure vladimir ne danchenko, were you captivated by this role? of course, firstly, this is such trust, can you imagine where i am and where nech danchenko is, and oh, i was just talking about this, you know, i thought that , firstly, there would be some very difficult plastic makeup, it turned out, look, they just glued on my mustache and beard , combed my hair a little differently, exactly 6 minutes later another person looked at me in the mirror, i thought that... this will be some kind of long makeup plastic , well, that’s how shakhnazarov saw in me, that i can do this, this is, so to speak, a gift, uh, yes , a look, a person who can do something like that in an actor, we asked him when he came

on the air again, say don’t be silent in our studio , alexander olezhko.cary, of course, having lived for 19 years, it’s wonderful to play the same performance, like this, you know. for our viewers, this plot of the play may be known from the film heavenly swallows, where andrei mironov played the role you play, after all , there is some connection. with andrei mironov, no , it was, it was deliberately done so that there were no comparisons, it was a play, mademoiselle nitouche at the vakhtangovo theater, which was staged during the great patriotic war, when the vakhtangov theater was evacuated in omsk, then this play already transported to moscow when the theater returned, and imagine post-war moscow. well, this is a completely different life, it is black and white, here suddenly there is a holiday, as vakhtangov actually bequeathed when he staged princess turondo, also in a joyless time, when the stage was a riot of colors, orchestra, music, life, life, and in 2004, too, a transitional period again for the country, they needed a performance of joy, plus.

and today our guest is the honored russian artist, alexander olezhko. ng for you, alexander, we were still thinking about coming to the premiere in the spring, korona georgivich shakhnazar. khitrovka, the sign of four, but then you couldn’t visit us, you came during leaf fall , and we’ll definitely talk about the film later, but let’s probably start with the fact that today cultural life and the festival scene have changed somewhat, and do you think it’s for the better and do you share the optimism of your colleagues who say that with the departure of hollywood cinema from distribution russian cinema will become better and breathe more freely, i would like to believe in this, i would like for a huge... people, and there is an opinion that there are few of them, in fact there are a lot of them, roads would open, opportunities would open, talented people need to be found , they need to be helped, they need to be supported, they need to be nurtured, they need to be seen, looked for, because they have a near future, a prospect, so what can i say, i’m all for