Oleg Yankovsky and Irina Kupchenko: the best film couple of all time

For example, Valentin Gaft and Andrei Myagkov, there is such a duet. My favorite artists. They play together in many films, as well as performances. Of course, Garage is just a classic of the genre. "Race vertically." Myagkov is an investigator named Stas, Gaft is a thief named Baton. There they are in opposition. Gaft has such a bright role, and Myagkov is simpler: a good man, a positive hero, a professional in his detective business. Or “Morning bypass” is a film about doctors, and Myagkov is a doctor, and Gaft is just his friend, a songwriter. In the “Contemporary”, where both served (later Myagkov went to the Moscow Art Theater after Oleg Efremov), there is also a wonderful play “Balalaikin and Co.” This is sad and funny in fact, like everything Saltykov-Shchedrin. We played together so many times, so what happened? As a result, Gaft had an epigram on Myagkov:

Don't be ironic in fate,

We wouldn't know about you.

But this is Gaft, he was unstoppable. Pungent, noticing details, never kind. Well, maybe only twice he wrote his epigrams from the bottom up, in awe - the dedication of Zinovy Gerdt and Roland Bykov. And otherwise... However, in the last years of his life, he still restrained himself, switched to poetry. Brilliant sublime poems, but that's another story altogether.

But the movie "Girls" is famous. The duet of the magnificent Nadezhda Rumyantseva and the great Nikolai Rybnikov. They love each other so much. Not immediately, gradually. But in life... Yeah, life's complicated. Rybnikov came when all the girls got their roles, got acquainted with each other. He's like a star. He was met with bayonets. Especially he said, pointing to Rumyantseva: “Do you still have to kiss her?” Oh, come on! Nothing, will endure-love under the strict guidance of director Yuri Chulyukin. They kissed, even their noses didn't bother them. But in fact, the relationship was ruined.

Here's another example, my favorite. Here the other day on OTR I watched the movie “Turn” from 1978. Young Yankovsky and young Kupchenko, from director Abdrashitov and screenwriter Mindadze. According to the court, there are so many of these authors. He hit an old lady on a turn in the night. I was worried, went to relatives, explained, asked for forgiveness. But he was innocent, like that. And next to the character of Yankovsky was always Irina Kupchenko, his wife in the film.

It turns out that this brilliant couple has repeatedly played family relationships. Together they starred in the “Star of captivating happiness” Motyl, but there Yankovsky – Ryleev, Kupchenko – Princess Trubetskaya. Then "Alien letters," but in different episodes.

And here, perhaps, the best thing we have seen from them is the “Ordinary Miracle” by Mark Zakharov. He is the Master, and the Wizard, of course she is the Master, his wife. No need to say anything further, we remember it by heart. That same year, there was "The Turn." A completely different twist in their relationship, but he and she are husband and wife anyway.

And in 1981, the unforgettable "Baskerville Dog" again. They're Stapletons, brother and sister. But this is a legend, in the end it turns out that Conan Doyle, that Igor Maslennikov – husband and wife again. But this is a difficult case, as you remember.

And in 2000, already in modern times, Oleg Yankovsky decided to try out for the director. First and last time. “Come see me” – he shot it together with the cameraman and his friend Mikhail Agranovich. Who did you call for the lead role? Yes, of course, and Irina Kupchenko again. We see how this love was born, started and how it all ended.

What to say, they were real friends. Such a beautiful couple and so many years together. They played so well with each other. They understood each other that way. We just have to pay tribute to such a great duo.