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Traditions that go back to tomorrow are catching on the fly. The hostess enters and brings in a brown cup of hot milk.

Then my fate turned out to be that I worked outside of Moscow, at the Belgoskino studio in Leningrad. And after that, although in Moscow, but at the studio "Mezhrabpomfnlm", and almost never met with Pyryev. After Mezhrabpom, he worked at Odessa and Kiev studios.

I met Ivan Alexandrovich again only in the 1930s during his work on the "Conveyor Belt of Death" and "Party Ticket." He was already an established director, the owner of the venue, an excellent organizer, an active leader of the creative team, and a confident mentor to the actors. He worked inventively, with a flourish, and was able to ignite the entire group with his sometimes seemingly impossible tasks. For example, the factory in the painting "Conveyor of Death" was solved using the brick texture of the pavilion itself, its stairs, and the courtyard of the studio. For Pyryev, there were no production secrets. He was truly obsessed with cinema, his love for cinema was fierce and merciless. Many actors were afraid of Pyryev like fire. He could "lose his temper", scream, swear, and at the same time felt a deep tenderness for the artists.

For a while we worked in the same creative association. It included E. Dzigan, D. Maryan, V. Stroeva, me and others. Our association was headed by N. Hoffman. The scenario was handled by I. Weisfeld. At that time, Pyryev dreamed of staging "Dead Souls." But, as often happens in movies, he did not manage to direct this particular film.

During the war, Pyryev worked with triple energy, overstretched. One of the true legends said that while filming in the studio, Ivan Alexandrovich noticed a saboteur honking at German planes. Without thinking for a minute, Pyryev, risking his life, rushed to him and detained him. I found out about this immediately from one of the actors, who saw everything with his own eyes and, out of breath, ran to our set (I was filming one of the full-scale episodes of The Artamonov Affair) to share the fact that worried him.

When Mosfilm was evacuated to Alma Ata, Ermler and Pyryev were appointed artistic directors of TSOKSA (the Central United Film Studio created in Alma Ata from the Mosfilm and Lenfilm collectives, headed by director V. M. Tikhonov). In a difficult year of trials, they proved themselves to be confident figures of Soviet cinematography, which had been rebuilt on the war footing.

I must say that my relationship with Ivan Alexandrovich was not always idyllic. Much of what was peculiar to him did not fascinate me, our views on many issues sharply diverged. His attitude towards some of our wonderful artists (A. P. Dovzhenko, E. L. Dzigan) seemed to me biased, often unfair. In this regard, it would be possible to cite a number of other names of major and lesser masters of cinematography. Ivan Alexandrovich, in turn, often considered my actions and judgments to be excessively liberal. And I don't think he was always objective with me. However, I have always appreciated his business qualities. I think, for example, that Pyryev in the 50s was a wonderful director of Mosfilm — a broad-minded, brave, adventurous, in love with the present and especially the future of the studio, a director who was able to help with both creative and organizational advice.

I remember with gratitude his help in the process of my work on the painting "The Free Woman" based on the novel by F. Gladkova. It was he who gave me the opportunity to approve actress Rufina Nifontova for the main role. Pyryev also approved of the fact that I invited a whole course of young actors who had just graduated from the VGIK with Nifontova to work on the film. For slot lovers, a bigger casino package may appear: up to $1950 in matched credits and 150 free spins split across 3 deposits. If you plan multiple deposits, map out dates so each stage can be cleared before it expires. While registering, type the 1xbet casino promo code in the middle section so the promotion attaches to your profile. After each deposit, confirm which providers count 100% toward wagering and whether table games count 0–20%. Set a time cap and review spin expiry like 3 days.