8 most beautiful couples from Soviet films

7. Katya and Mitya. "Do not part with your loved ones"

• USSR, 1979.
• Drama, melodrama.
• Duration: 76 minutes.
• KinoPoisk: 6.6.

Young spouses Katya and Mitya are experiencing a crisis in their marriage. They end up divorcing over a stupid misunderstanding out of jealousy, but love doesn't end when the papers are signed.

Irina Alferova and Alexander Abdulov not only looked great together on the screen - they were spouses in real life. And this is the case when the viewer can see the real, genuine emotions of two people who love each other.

6. Zhenya and Nikolai. "Strange woman"

• USSR, 1977.
• Drama, melodrama.
• Duration: 147 minutes.
• KinoPoisk: 7.4.

Once upon a time, Zhenya dreamed of becoming a lawyer, but she works as a simple legal consultant. She wants love and tenderness, but her husband constantly travels on business trips and pays little attention to his wife. And one day the patience of the heroine comes to an end.

She leaves her husband and starts a new relationship with the handsome scientist Nikolai. But he stands for an open relationship between a man and a woman and does not need romance.

The colloquial melodrama by Yuli Raizman was filmed very simply, without camera frills, even without music. But the acting here is flawless. At the same time, Irina Kupchenko and Vasily Lanovoy were lovers on the screen and spouses in real life.

5. Gutierre and Ichthyander. "Amphibian Man"

• USSR, 1961.
• Fantasy, drama, melodrama.
• Duration: 92 minutes.
• KinoPoisk: 7.6.

The fishermen of Buenos Aires are very frightened by a mysterious creature, which they themselves called the sea devil. But the monster turns out to be a beautiful young man Ichthyander, who received from a talented scientist the ability to live under water. One day, the hero saves Gutierre, the bride of the insidious Pedro Zurita, from death, and this meeting changes their lives forever.

The audience warmly accepted the adaptation of the film of the same name. fantastic novel by Alexander Belyaev. The audience was captivated by beautiful underwater footage and young and insanely attractive actors Vladimir Korenev and Anastasia Vertinskaya.

Vertinskaya, with her sophisticated appearance, was excellent at portraying romantic heroines: Assol in Scarlet Sails (1961), Ophelia in Hamlet (1964), Princess Louise in the fairy tale film Shadow (1972). But the alien, eye-catching beauty of Korenev in the end did not allow him to make a good career: the actor was simply not given the roles he was interested in.

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4. Alena and Ivan. "Sorcerers"

• USSR, 1982.
• Musical, fantasy, melodrama, comedy.
• Duration: 147 minutes.
• KinoPoisk: 8.0.

NUINA (Scientific Universal Institute of Extraordinary Services) creates a real magical wand. Director of the institute Kira Shamakhanskaya decides to make a presentation of the invention on December 31 at the New Year's banquet.

However, this is not included in the plans of her deputy, Apollon Sataneev. He has long laid eyes on the young and attractive employee Alena Sanina, but she is going to marry the musician Ivan. Then Sataneev lies to Shamakhanskaya that the girl allegedly wants to take her lover away from her, and out of jealousy she turns the heroine into a cruel witch. Only a kiss of love can disenchant her.

The script of the film was written by the Strugatsky brothers, and as a basis they took their own book "Monday begins on Saturday." Therefore, the tape perfectly combines a fabulous atmosphere and fantasy. And the charming Alexandra Yakovleva and the main fatal man of Soviet cinema Alexander Abdulov looked perfect in the images of modern Alyonushka and Ivanushka.

3. Zoya and Roman, Natasha and Vadim. "Three Plus Two"

• USSR, 1963.
• Melodrama, comedy.
• Duration: 99 minutes.
• KinoPoisk: 8.0.

Three friends - Styopa, Roman and Vadim - have long been resting as savages on the Black Sea coast. But the next vacation is spoiled by the actress Natasha and the trainer Zoya, who appropriated a tidbit of the beach and do not want to give it to the guys.

Recipe for the perfect holiday pay the picture turned out to be simple: to take on the main roles the most desirable young actors of the USSR. Stubborn friends were played by two beautiful Natalyas - Kustinskaya and Fateeva. And they got Andrei Mironov and Evgeny Zharikov as screen partners - generally recognized handsome men, adored by the audience. Moreover, for both it was one of the first works in the cinema.

2. Natasha and Electron. "Once More About Love"

• USSR, 1967.
• Drama, melodrama.
• Duration: 96 minutes.
• KinoPoisk: 8.1.

Flight attendant Natasha meets physicist Elektron Yevdokimov at one of the conferences and immediately falls in love with him. But the man is in no hurry to respond to her feelings. Nevertheless, a romance develops between the characters, although they are too different.

The tape came out in the thaw years and shocked the audience with courage. This film has often been compared to the directors' work. French "new wave": there are both the most casually staged dialogues, and heroes who are far from the then ideals of morality.

Beautiful Tatyana Doronina and newcomer Alexander Lazarev created an unusually harmonious duet. Their relationship on the screen is imbued with hidden eroticism - earlier in Soviet cinema there were no heroines who could meet a young man in a restaurant and immediately spend the night with him. And the very image of Doronina for many years became the standard of female sexuality in the Union.

1. Veronica and Boris "Cranes are Flying"

• USSR, 1957.
• Military, melodrama, history, drama.
• Duration: 95 minutes.
• KinoPoisk: 8.3.

Moscow, 1941. Veronica and Boris love each other and are going to get married. They still do not know that the war will soon separate them. The guy goes to the front, and Veronika, who lost her parents during the shelling, is forced to marry Mark, Boris's cousin.

The masterpiece of director Mikhail Kalatozov and cameraman Sergei Urusevsky is considered one of the symbols of Russian cinema. Until now, this is the only Russian film that won the main prize of the Cannes Film Festival - the Palme d'Or.

You can talk endlessly about the merits of the tape. And the unearthly beauty of Tatyana Samoilova and the charm of Alexei Batalov make you follow the story of lovers with bated breath. And a rare viewer will be able to refrain from tears while watching.

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Linda Zhuravleva