Сказ про то, как царь Петр арапа женил

The film is based on the novel by Alexander Pushkin's "the Negro of Peter the Great."

According to the memoirs of Frieda V., Vysotsky was very happy to play the role of "an intelligent person in a stupid world." He is passionately involved in the work, not only as an actor. Only a few days passed, and Vladimir Semenovich brought two songs for the film: "predatory" and "Dome". But when the film was mounted, it became clear that these songs are "set the height to which the picture could not reach". And therefore, although it was already defined, in which episodes are these songs sound, Alexander Mitta decided to give them up.

During the filming of Vysotsky lived in the hotel "Jurmala" at the Central Jomas street, where seething resort life. Rooms for the crew from the Fund Jurmala carcoma of the Communist party of Latvia gave its first Secretary Karlis litsis. Did this administrator pictures Julius Krumins, he was responsible for the production process and that the artist did not suffer from a hangover, he gave him yogurt, which is pre-injected with a bit of vodka.

Ibrahim Hannibal was never married to a Russian girl. In 1731 he married a Greek woman Evdokia Andreevna Diaper, and in 1736 on Christians sjöberg.

The first version of the film, assembled by Director Alexander Mitta was two-part. However, at the insistence of the leadership of the state Committee for cinematography the Director was forced to ReWire and greatly reduce the film, returning to pre-approved uniserial.