Служебный роман

"Office romance" filmed on the play "Colleagues" written by Eldar Ryazanov and Emil Braginsky just over a month.

The role of Lyudmila Prokofyevna Kalugin Director immediately identified Alisa Freindlich. It was probably the first time in domestic cinema, when Eldar Ryazanov without audition, and claims through the arts Council was allowed to shoot the actors what he wanted.

Oleg Basilashvili saw only himself in the role of Novoseltsev and tried to prove that Eldar Ryazanov. The role of Yuri Grigorievich Samokhvalov the actor wasn't liked, but in the process he admitted that Ryazanov right famously.

In the play, the Secretary Faith — young leggy beauty. But when Eldar Ryazanov and Emil Braginsky wrote the script for the movie, Vera they changed under lia Akhedzhakova. The actress was not long-legged beauty, so her character went from a receptionist plays only that she was known as a fashionista.

Initially, Vera was introduced as a married woman and the role of the wife was invited by Michael Swetina. But at the last moment this idea was decided to refuse. Then Leah Akhedzhakova "matchmaker" Alexander Fatyushin. His character had to choose between his wife and motorcycle, causing the couple fought constantly. Even managed to shoot a few scenes with Fetuchini and Akhedzhakova, but the actor suddenly fell ill and was forced to undergo surgery. Therefore, in the picture there are only a few tiny episodes with his participation, and Faith had to fight with her husband solely on the phone.

The role of a social worker of Shurochka was considered Rimma Markova, Nina Agapova, but Lyudmila Ivanova, who was Chairman of the local Committee in the "contemporary" were more convincing than others.

Eldar Ryazanov has allowed all the actors to improvise on the set, "soothing" at the same time, all unnecessary, then cut out. As a result, the film was not included part of the scene where there is a lively Bagels. The audience never saw Shura running around the Institute and yells it wasn't her fault and she would die, but her last name is different. A "dead" Bagels is at it with his fists. Before filming this scene Ryazanov told the actress that she at the sight of Bublikova shouted: "Hurrah, long live live comrade Bagels!" And the unsuspecting actor Pyotr Shcherbakov to the cry of his partner reacted immediately: "Comrades, thank you for everything!"

To create a credible image of the headmaster's-mymra, Eldar Ryazanov and Alisa Freundlich very long searched for the main character right clothes. In the most remote parts of the costume Department of "Mosfilm" and they would look baggy, strange colors and sizes skirts and jackets. Still, to complete the image lacked some detail. As always, helped the case. Picture Vladimir nakhabtsev just in case brought the old glasses of his father. And when Freundlich wearing them, it became clear — the Nasty woman ready to appear on the site.

In the film the heroine of Svetlana Nemolyaeva Olga Ryzhova read poems of Bella Akhmadulina "Oh, my shy hero, you cleverly avoided the shame". They never published, so the actress a few years after the release of pictures was forced to rewrite them by hand and to send to his fans.

Eldar Ryazanov long concealed, who is the author of the lyrics to the song "nature has no bad weather". It turned out that these poems were written by the Director himself.

"Office romance" was adopted by all the officials are so positive that it was immediately resolved to nominate for the State award of the USSR. However, an honorary prize was awarded to everyone except the female lead role of Alice Freindlich. It turns out that the rules of the time such award was not to give earlier than two years after the previous one. While Freundlich was already a prize for a theatrical role.

Is in attendance 19-th place among domestic films in the history of Soviet film distribution.

Best film on interrogation of magazine "Soviet screen" in 1979.

All interior spaces (including rooms Kalugina, Samokhvalova and meeting room) was built in the halls of Mosfilm.

The picture on the wall in the apartment Lyudmila Prokofyevna — the work of Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani's "Girl in a sailor suit" (Girl in a Sailor's Blouse).