20. "War and Peace": 58 million viewers
Soviet film epopriet Sergey Bondarchuk - one of the most large-scale and expensive film projects not only domestic, but also world movies. The script for the film was written from 1961 to March 1962. For more than a month, he was argued in the Ministry of Culture. Samples began in the spring, and shooting - six months later. The picture was filmed for more than seven years, of which three years went to the series "1812". According to expert estimates, the budget of the screening of the novel Lion Tolstoy amounted to $ 100 million at the rate of 1967. Tens of Museums of the USSR participated in the creation of the film. The costumes were sewn by taking as a basis a private collection of tin soldiers, which was given to the Leningrad collector.
This is the second Soviet film that received the Oscar Award in 1969.
19. "Service Roman": 58.4 million viewers
Twistered lyrical comedy on the relationship between the boss and subordinate is the leader of the 1978 rolled. "Service Roman" removed Eldar Ryazanov. The script for the film served as a play, written by Ryazanov and Emil Bragin in just one month. It was called "colleagues." During filming, the actors have constantly improvised, why the material turned out to be twice as much as planned. Officials took the picture with a bang and immediately put it on the USSR State Prize.
18. "Magic": 59.4 million viewers
According to the survey of the magazine "Soviet screen", the film "Step" directed by Oleg Bondarev became the best premiere of 1973. The main role in the film was played by Tatiana Doronin. After the output of "stepmothers", she was honored with the title "Best Actress of 1973" and presented a premium at a film festival in Tehran.
17. "Ivan Vasilyevich is changing profession": 60.7 million viewers
Fantastic comedy based on the play Mikhail Bulgakov "Ivan Vasilyevich" removed the director Leonid Gaidai in 1973. By the way, in overseas steel, our picture was called "Ivan Grozny: Back to the Future." The scenario was written under Yuri Nikulina, but he refused filming - the actor did not believe in the success of the picture and predicted it to fly on the shelf. But, as it turned out, he was wrong. After the end of the filming, many episodes renounced - censorship did not give good. Here is a small example. Remember the banquet, during which the Bund asks Miloslavsky: "And who will pay for?" In the film, we hear the answer: "In any case, we are not", however, it was originally this phrase was like this: "People, people, Pathushka!"
16. "The Crown of the Russian Empire, or again elusive": 60.8 million viewers
In 1971, a two-seater adventure film director Edmund Keosayan was released. The picture was then called Soviet Western. She became the last part of the trilogy about the elusive avengers. One of the curious facts: diamonds who decorated a large imperial crown, were actually sold by the Bolsheviks in 1919.
In the 1950s they were bought again.
15. "Afonya": 62.2 million viewers
"Hey, relative, rup drive! I need an Afonya ruble! " - Who does not know this phrase from the comedy of the film director Georgy Dellai. The film was the leader of the rental of 1975. All scenes with the participation of Evgenia Simonova were filmed in three days - the actress was in a hurry, because it was already signed an agreement on shooting in another picture. In Athos, the debut of the group "Time Machine" took place in the stage, where everyone dance is danced by a slow dance, their song "You or I" sounds (another name - "Sunny Island").
14. "Kalina Red": 62.5 million viewers
Director of the film - Vasily Shukshin. In Kalina Red, he was both a screenwriter and the leading role. The plot of the picture lay down his named story. The film was leading in the hire of 1974. On his shooting, Goskino allocated only 3,600 meters of film styling instead of the required 6000.
To get out of the situation, the scenes were removed on the domestic film "Hama", then on the American "Kodak".
13. "Tabor goes to the sky": 64.9 million viewers
The film was removed by the Moldovan film director Emil Lotyan based on the early agents of Maxim Gorky - "Old Man Izergil" and "Maka Miranda". In 1976, the picture broke all rolled records. The main role was performed by actress Svetlana Toma. The frank scene with her participation has become a complete surprise for the "primary" Soviet viewer. In those days, "when there was no sex in the USSR", to see on the big screen nude female chest was a sensational event.
12. "Gentlemen of Good luck": more than 65 million viewers
The comedy of Alexander Gray "Gentlemen of Good luck" became the hit of the rental of 1972. Before she went to the screens, the police ranks and representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were posted. The then head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Nikolai Anisimovich Likokkov laughed over "gentlemen", but still slowed them because of the abundance of prison jargon. And only the approval of the Secretary General Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev released a picture on the screens.
He did not see and did not hear anything reprehensible in it, saying that even any Soviet schoolboy knows all of these words.
11. "Man-amphibian": 65.4 million viewers
After the rental of this film, the beautiful half of the USSR lost the reason: an incredible beauties was shone on the screens - actor Vladimir Korenev. Perhaps he became the first recognized sex symbol of Soviet cinema. The same can be said about the male part of the audience, which is briefing the beauty and refinement of seventeen-year-old Anastasia Vernets. The picture broke records views in 1962. She was filmed by the director's duet: Vladimir Chebotarev and Gennady Kazan. Anastasia Vertinskaya was not able to swim at the beginning of the filming, instead of her, Dublersh appeared in the frame. The idhhyander suit was sewed from a fabric resembling elastic female tights. Scales imitated the trimming of the old film. For four suits, more than 10,000 pieces of such parts were needed. The flakes cut out, painted pearl paint and were called manually.
10. " And dawns here are quiet ": 66 million viewers
The piercing two-particle film about the Great Patriotic War was removed by Sergey Rostotsky on the story of Boris Vasilyeva. The picture became the hit of the Soviet film distribution of 1973 and did not leave anyone indifferent. Director's move: Pre-war and post-war time is shown in color, and the terrible war is removed on the black and white film. For filming in Ban, Rostotsky, five hours persuaded young actresses. He convinced them: "I need to show that they were not just killed by people, and women, beautiful and young women who need to continue." The actresses agreed, the scene was removed and approved for rental.
nine. " New adventures of elusive ": 66.2 million viewers
The continuation of the "elusive avengers" was shot in 1968 at the urgent requests of the USSR citizens - they wrote letters to the director Edmund Keosayan with the appeal to continue shooting. Keosayan gladly responded with pleasure and a new picture gathered a greater audience.
8. "Shield and Sword": 68.3 million viewers
The film about the War "Shield and Sword" was shot in 1968 by Vladimir Basov in the same name Roman Vadim Kozhevnikov. The picture was filmed in Kaliningrad, Berlin and Krakow. In one of the interviews, Stanislav Lyoshin - the executor of the leading role - he said that after viewing this tape, Vladimir Putin admitted that it was she who pushed him to choose the reconnaissance profession.
Valentina Smirnitsky was invited to the role of Henry Schwarzkopf.
7. "Operation" S "and other adventures of Shurik": 69.6 million viewers
Brilliant and all beloved comedy Leonid Gaiday consists of three novels. In 1965, almost 70 million spectators were watched. Alexander Demyanenko, he is a shurk, read the script and exclaimed: "This film is doomed to success!" His words were prophetic. By the way, Vladimir Vysotsky tried to the role of the construction site. Many jokes have figured out right in the frame. For example, in the scene of Yuri Nikulina with a skeleton. The music of Alexander Zatsepina sounds in Operations. All subsequent films Guidea did not work out without songs and the melodies of this composer.
6. "Equipment": 71.1 million viewers
The first Soviet film-catastrophe Spectators saw in 1980. After the release of the Roman Arthur Haley "Airport" and the subsequent adaptation of his theme of the aircraft crash became popular in Hollywood. But in the USSR they did not demonstrate. Our "crew" was the first film in a similar genre. Alexey Petrenko was trying to the role of the crew commander, but after sample he refused to filming. Georgy Zhazhev in this role was very convincing.
5. "Wedding in Malinovka": 74.6 million viewers
Music comedy Director Andrei Tutushkin Removed indeed in Malinovka - the village of Chuguevsky district of the Kharkiv region. In the crowd, all its inhabitants were involved. In 2013, a monument to the hero of the film was established here - adjutant Popandopulo.
The picture was dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution, but Goskino counted her non-serious, but still allowed shooting.
4. "Caucasian captive, or new adventures of Shurik": 76.5 million viewers
The next comedy Leonid Gaidai replenished the collection of domestic cinema in 1966. The idea to shoot the next adventures of Shurik came Guyday after he read in the newspaper the real story of the abduction of a girl in love with Djigit. Officials did not immediately approved the film, but Brezhnev was not long thought and "blessed" director on shooting. In his role, Natalia Varley was good, only her voice created the problem - the actress could not voice his heroine. Rumyantsev's hope called for the rescue. However, Varley performed all the tricks on their own and even drove the car.
3. "Diamond Hand": 76.7 million viewers
In third place in viewing - another comedy Gaiday, released in 1968. The main scenes were filmed in Baku and under the supervision of Captain KGB. The thing is that the Soviet censorship demanded from Guyida compliance with some conditions. For example, a more profitable prevention of the Mission of the Soviet Police. Initially, in the Gaidaevskoy version of the ghost ghost, I said: "And you know, I will not be surprised if tomorrow it turns out that your husband secretly visits the synagogue." The last word was replaced by the "mistress". The main role of Gorbunkova was written only under Yuri Nikulin. The "Soyuzirka" manual provided an act of 6 months of vacation, which has never done before.
2. "Moscow does not believe in tears": 84.4 million viewers
The second place is occupied by the Oscar-free film of Vladimir Menshov. The script was written by Valentine black to participate in the competition for the best story about Moscow. He ranked third. It's funny that the second and first did not ate anyone at all - the Commission did not find decent.
Vitaly Solomin was trying to the role of an intelligent mechanic, and Irina Kuchenko or Margarita Terekhov could play Katya Tikhomirov.
1. "Pirates of the XX century": 87.6 million viewers
Finally, the winner of the rating is the adventure film of the director Boris Durov "Pirates of the XX Century". Domestic film critics call it the first Soviet militant. It was filmed on the basis of real events. During his rental in the cinemas, the morning sessions were canceled - schoolchildren were run by crowds from the lessons to watch the Pirates again. The artist of the leading role is Nikolai Eremenko - during the filming, stiguously engaged in karate. If again, not the Secretary General of the USSR - Comrade Brezhnev - the film could be on the shelf, members of the Central Committee of the VLKSM were categorically against his filming.