The film “Short Encounters” had a difficult rolling fate. The picture was released in 1967, but received the third rolling category, being “on the shelf”. Real popularity came only in 1987, when the film was again shown in theaters. Surprisingly, 20 years after the premiere, it became a hit! You can never guess when a painting will shoot.
Geologist Maxim was played by Vladimir Vysotsky, but another actor was considered for this role. First, the main character was to be played by Stanislav Lyubshin. He refused to participate in the film for the filming of the film “Shield and Sword”.
Difficulties arose with the role of Valentina Ivanovna. She was supposed to play Antonina Dmitrieva, but before the start of filming, the actress became seriously ill and could not take part in the film.
As a result, Valentina Ivanovna was played by Kira Muratova herself, and Vladimir Vysotsky was invited to the vacant role of Maxim, and for Nina Ruslanova, the role of Nadia became her debut in the movie.
The idea of the film came to the director by accident. According to one version, after moving to Odessa, she often faced water shortages. Muratova noticed that residents were constantly stockpiling water in case it was turned off. That’s how she got the idea to make a film about a strong woman who works in the district council and solves urban problems. But to deal with the personal life of the heroine does not work because of the unstable husband. By the way, the filming took place near Odessa - in the village of Red Windows.
Muratova wrote the script together with Leonid Zhukhovitsky. He suggested that she combine her original idea with the plot of another story of the writer (about a geologist and a teahouse waitress). The main conflict of the film was the love triangle.
