In Simferopol held a film event for the 90th anniversary of Leonid Kuravlev
The library-branch No. 4 named after M. M. Kotsyubinsky organized an hour of positive cinema dedicated to the People's Artist of the RSFSR Leonid Kuravlev. The guests of the meeting were recipients of social services of the social rehabilitation department No. 5 of the Center for Social Services for Elderly and Disabled People of Simferopol.
The library-branch No. 4 named after M. M. Kotsyubinsky organized an hour of positive cinema dedicated to the People's Artist of the RSFSR Leonid Kuravlev. The guests of the meeting were recipients of social services of the social rehabilitation department No. 5 of the Center for Social Services for Elderly and Disabled People of Simferopol.
October 8, 2026 Kuravlev could be 90 years old. In honor of the anniversary date, the library prepared a program “And my surname is too famous Leonid Kuravlev”. The participants were told about the biography and creative path of the actor, TV presenter and People’s Artist of the RSFSR, who starred in more than 240 films and TV series.
Kuravlev was born in 1936. Memories of the actor's childhood conveyed his words: "... the feeling of happiness it always remains for childhood.".
The first roles he played while studying in VGIK: soldier-sapper Morozov in the film by Andrei Tarkovsky “Today there will be no dismissal” (1958) and mechanic Senya Gromov in the short film by Vasily Shukshin “From Lebyazhye reported” (1960). Later, Kuravlev starred in Shukshin’s films “Lives such a guy” (1964) and “Your son and brother” (1966). One of the brightest works of the actor was the role of Shura Balaganov in Mikhail Schweitzer’s Golden Calf (1968).
In the 1970s and 1980s, Kuravlev played in more than a hundred films. Among his most recognizable images are Georges Miloslavsky in Leonid Gaidai’s comedy Ivan Vasilyevich Changes Profession (1973) and Vladimir Zavitushkin in Can’t Be! (1975). In the TV series “Seventeen Moments of Spring” (1972), the actor played the role of Kurt Eisman, and in her film “We, the Undersigned” (1981) played the dispatcher Leonid Shindin.
The participants of the meeting remembered other favorite audience roles Kuravlev: Homu Bruta in “Vie” (1967), Athanasia Borschova in “Athon” (1975), Valentina Bisyaeva nicknamed Kopcheny in “The meeting place cannot be changed” (1979), Henri Granden in “Look for a woman” (1982) and Misha Dyatlov in “The most charming and attractive” (1985).
The guests watched videos about the bright and comedic roles of the actor, and also sang along with the songs “Marusya” and “Conversation about happiness” from the film “Ivan Vasilyevich Changes Profession”. Addition to the program was the book exhibition “Man-Epoch Leonid Kuravlev”.
