Zhestokiy romans

03.13.09

Alisa Freindlich
Alisa Freindlich, Andrei Myagkov, Zhestokiy romans (4)
I got brave enough to edit my first-ever Wikipedia page tonight. It came about because of the actress on the left in the screenshot below. This time it wasn't a voice that gave her away, as in the case of Andrei Myagkov (3rd from the left). It was the way of holding her jaw, with mouth slightly open -- facial mannerisms that made her seem like a tough hombre. After wondering about it a couple of days, I finally recalled where I had seen her before. It was in another Eldar Ryazanov film with a similar name -- an earlier one: Office ...
03.10.09

Their voices give them away
Aleksandr Belyavsky, Andrei Myagkov, Nikita Mikhalkov, Serye Volki, Zhestokiy romans (0)
Andrei Myagkov's voice gives him away the moment he opens his mouth in this movie. I recognized him not by the way he looks, but by the way he talks. Same for Nikita Mikhalkov, though in his case I was expecting his appearance from what I read in the YouTube description. It wouldn't have mattered. His voice gives him away. It reminds me of how remarkable it was that Aleksandr Belyavsky could put on a such a different voice to play Leonid Brezhnev in Serye Volki.

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