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Oleg
Dal was
born in Moscow region, Liublino (25. 05.
1941). His
father was a famous railway engineer, the mother
was a school teacher. Oleg
was fond of basketball but then the theatre has
took all his attention. In 1959 he entered the
Shchukin Higher Drama School. which graduated in
1963. O. Dal worked in several theatres. The first
movie role was during his student years in A.
Zarkhi's "My younger brother", where he
played Alik.
The next roles let Oleg Dal to open his
incredible, natural gift as a born artist. He was
brilliant in any kind of movie: comedy, tragedy,
fairy-tales, war films... No matter what time or
character Dal chose, classical writers were as
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ones for him. Every
person became the person from the big letter. He could to show the
inner movements of soul with slight intonation or just a look. Oleg Dal played two characters in the same film
(Soldier and puppet theatre man) and both of
them were alive and real. Not all of his
films reached the people in time. "The
holiday in September" by Vampilov's
play got at the shelf and could be seen only
in 1987. Prince Florizel is considered the
one of the best works of Dal. Ironical man,
who isn't afraid of anything, even the
death, gets in various adventures, surprise
with unusual reactions and wit comments.
Oleg Dal died in Kiev in 1981.
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Screenplay and Director: Georgi
Kozintsev, Music: Dmitri Shostakovich.
Starring: Yuri Yarvet, Elza Radzinya,
Galina Volchek, Oleg Dal, Donatas
Banionis, Alexei Petrenko. Drama by
the tragedy of W. Shakespeare
(translation of Boris Pasternak, the
fool’s songs in S. Marshak’s
translation).
©
Film studio “Lenfilm”, 1970, 140
minutes, black and white.
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Director:
Elena Kosheverova. Starring: Oleg Dal,
Anastasia Vertinskaya, Marina Neyolova,
Liudmila Gurchenko, Andrei Mironov, Sergei
Filippov. A fairytale film after Evgeny
Shvarts’s play is a wise and funny story
about the struggle of a kind and clever
Scientist against his miserable and mean
Shade.
©
“Lenfilm”, 1971, 92 minutes, color
film.
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Eugene,
Little Eugene and Katyusha
Director:
Vladimir Motil. Starring: Oleg Dal, Mikhail Kokshenov, Georgy Shtil, Galina
Figlovskaya.
A private Zhenja Kolishkin, the fragile intellectual who grew up on Moscow's Arbat, is
completely unfit for a war. Having gone on a new year's eve to receive mail, he comes across a
German dugout. He's lucky to escape safely, but punishment in guardroom is inevitable. Zhenja's
unenviable destiny is brightened up by Zhenechka ('Little Eugene'), she is a radio
comminications soldier in a Katyusha
platoon
('Katyusha', a tender name for Ekaterina, is also a
nickname for famous WWII artillery installation). Time will pass, and they will meet in an
enormous empty house in the city freed from the Nazis,
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and
will play a childrens game Cat and
Mouse... This is one of the most gentle pictures about war. |
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Directors
A. Mkrtchyan, L. Popov. Starring: O. Dal, V.
Dvorzhetsky, G. Vitsin, Ì. Esambaev, N.
Gritsenko, A. Chuhrai et al.
After
V. A. Obruchev’s novel. The secret land
lost among the arctic ice has been exciting
the travelers for over one hundred years.
The film heroes go on an expedition that is
financed by a rich owner of gold mines. They
found a flourishing oasis among an icy
silence. But as it turned out an earthquake
would destroy the oasis very soon…
©
“Mosfilm”, 1973, 91 m
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A bad, good
man
Director: Iosif Heifits.
Starring: Oleg Dal, Vladimir Vysotsky, Liudmila Maksakova, Anatoly Papanov.
Based on A.P. Chekhov’s short story “The Duel”. A dramatic story of the young men, two
intellectuals of nineties of the previous century. The story tells the public how complicated
human nature is …
“Lenfilm”, 1973, color film, 90 min. |
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It
can’t be so
Director:
L. Gaidai. Starring: Ì. Pugovkin, N. Grebeshkova,
V. Nevinny, Ì. Svetin, O. Dal, S. Kriuchkova, Ì.
Kokshenov, N. Selezniova, Å. Zharikov, L.
Eremina, L. Kuravlyov, V. Telichkina, L. Shagalova,
Vitsin, S. Kramarov, S. Kharitonova, S. Filippov
et al. A satirical comedy based on the literary
works of Mikhail Zoschenko. The film consists of
three short stories about provincial life of the
country of Soviets: “Crime and Punishment”,
“A funny Adventure” and “A Wedding
Incident”. The action takes place at the end of
twenties and at the beginning of thirties but the
events the film is laughing at, i.e. dullness,
hard drinking, aspiration for profit and a
lightminded attitude to life are still existing
quite well and everywhere.
©
“Mosfilm”, 1975, 92 min.
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Director:
Å. Tatarsky. Starring: O. Dal, D. Banionis, I.
Dmitriev, Å. Solovey, L. Polischuk, Å. Kindinov
et al. Based on the short stories of R. Stevenson
“Club of Suicides” and “Rajah’s Diamond”
the film narrates (ironically, to some extent)
about a thrilling struggle of the prince from a
far-away country against a mysterious and horrible
Chairman – the king of the criminal world.
©
USSR Gosteleradio, 1979. “Lenfilm” studio
production, 190 min.
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Filmography:
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Eugene, Little Eugene and Katyusha 1967 |
An Old, Old Tale 1968 |
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The Duel (A Bad Good Man) 1973 |
The Land of Sannikov 1973 |
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Star of Fascinating Happiness 1975 |
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Oleg Dal entire filmography |
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