andrei konchalovsky imagined a completely different actor, vladimir konkin, as the hero. main role. here he is, one hundred percent soviet romeo. konchilovsky decided not only to film konkin, but to persuade him to quit the role of korchagin in the film as the steel was tempered. but konkin did not take this adventure. konchalovsky's proposal seemed secondary to the young actor. he has it now. this is your other, this, this is another stage of creativity, but i haven’t passed this one yet. konkina it was necessary to wait, but as the novel with lovers was put into production, the picture was tough. konchelovsky had to go through an official deception, it means he invented a disease for himself, he supposedly had an ulcer, so that the picture could be made, it was necessary to hold out this story until spring, but when spring came, vladimir konkin already knew that he would not be able to act in film, he was exhausted, and i didn’t know how to tell him that i couldn’t act, and i still said it, i said, forgive me, please, i can’t do it with you, i don’t have the strength. w

twenty-one-year-old vladimir konkin was filming then in the drama, how the steel was tempered.over of the soviet movie screen, where i was in budenovka, a magazine was published for the november holidays of the seventy-second year. the cover of this magazine replaced konchalovsky's photo tests for the main role. here he is, one hundred percent soviet romeo. konchulovsky decided not only to film konkin, but to persuade him to give up the role of korchagin. in the film how the steel was tempered, but konkin did not take this adventure, konchalovsky’s proposal seemed secondary to the young actor, he now has an epoch-making role, but what is this? i read script, the next day we saw each other, and i found 20 repetitions there, as i remember now, with korchagin, but i didn’t want to repeat myself, of course, they are very conventional, but then it seemed to me, so i’m saying, no, this is cranberry some kind of volodya, this is being filmed by mikhalkov konchilovsky, volodya, this is a different one for you, this is a different stage of creativity, and i haven’t gone through this yet