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“Behold the youthful Oleg Yankovsky: An astounding display of excellence captured in a photo”

The artist knew how to communicate with the public without words.

Oleg Yankovsky got into the cinema almost by accident. The director of the film “Shield and Sword” Vladimir Basov saw a 24-year-old boy in a restaurant. The wife of the filmmaker drew attention to a thin, intelligent guy with a smart face and an expressive look.

At the audition for his film debut, the Saratov actor was so excited that he became whiter than the column he leaned against in an attempt to control his excitement. His candidacy was supported by the film crew. So he got the first role – the German Heinrich Schwarzkopf in the film epic about the exploits of Soviet intelligence officers during the war “Shield and Sword”.

In the same 1968, the artist appeared in the film Two Comrades Were Serving.

The creators were struck by his ability to expressively remain silent in the frame. Initially, Yankovsky was supposed to play Lieutenant Brusentsov. Looking at the actor’s samples, director Yevgeny Karelov said that such a person should not be given to Wrangel. So the future star got the “silent” role of the Red Army soldier Andrei Nekrasov. And the lieutenant was played by Vladimir Vysotsky.

After an impressive film debut, offers fell on the young talent as if from a cornucopia. With each new film / theatrical production, his talent played with new colors, and the artist himself revealed himself in a new way to millions of fans.

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