We tell you about the "blatnaya" song, which was known throughout the USSR

"Ships full of mullet" is a familiar one. Soviet song created by composer Nikita Bogoslovsky. The author of the words is Vladimir Agatov. The composition was created for film Leonid Lukov entitled "Two Fighters". In this film, Mark Bernes sang this song in the role of Arcadia Dzyubin, the Odessa fighter.

When the film came out, the composition gained an incredible following popularity. However, it did not receive official approval and often did not appear on radio and television, as it was considered unacceptable and almost "blatnaya" with the ideological points of view.

The film drama "Two Fighters"

This one's out motion picture in the midst of the Great Patriotic War. This is a war drama in which actors Boris Fyodorovich Andreev and Mark Naumovich Bernes played the following roles main heroes. The film is the work of film director Leonid Davidovich Lukova (1909-1963).

Plot The film drama revolves around two comrades at the front: Arkady Dzyubin and Alexander Svintsov. They served simultaneously on the Leningrad front in the autumn of 1941, and although they are of opposite characters, they have a friendshipwith a capital letter.

Sasha confided in Arkady and told him about his lover, Tasa, but Arkady carelessly divulged this information and expressed himself negatively about her. Their friendship was exposed trialand Sasha was transferred to another squad. Having analysed his mistake, Arkady began to write letters on Sasha's behalf in order to atone for his guilt towards Tasia. Later, when Sasha recoveredhe inadvertently met Tasya, where he learnt about Arkady's high deed. Returning to the front, Sasha managed to save a friend in the brutal battle.

Creating a composition

In the original version of the film. absent musical composition, but at the insistence of director Nikita Bogoslovsky, a song was created called "Dark Night.".

During filming. memorable scene in the dugout, Leonid Davidovich decided that the character of Bernes' character could be better expressed if he performed the cheerful a backyard song that captures the atmosphere of Odessa.
The composition of street and even "blatnaya" songs represented a creative trial for Nikita Bogoslovsky, born into a noble family in St Petersburg, and for the Kiev poet Vladimir Agatov, who had no experience with Odessa folklore. To solve this problem, they turned to the by means of to the people.

About two hundred poemswhich served as the basis for writing the lines of the composition "Shalands full of mullet". Leonid Lukov immediately rated her: the song evoked in him former impressions of his life by the sea in Mariupol.

The lyrical meaning and further life of the composition

Stories loves can be many different things, and one of those stories is told by this fun song. This song is simple in its content, but is a beautiful story about love with a happy the end. Exactly who this composition is about remains an open question. But what is certain sureKostya and his Sonya are characters that do not exist in reality and have never existed. Analysts interpreting the main idea of the song see in its lyrics certainty in a speedy triumph and revival of peaceful routine, but it is not certain that in such a composition one should look for any profound Meaning.

The creators of this composition were not shy utilise local expressions and names to convey the original Odessa folklore style. The character Kostya may have supplied seafoodHe used to take the fish from fishermen and bring it to the shore on a schalande, and the bindyuzhniki already delivered the fish to different points of the market. Local residents of Odessa have noticed some inconsistencies in the lyrics of the song. For example, instead of cherry treesthere was an acacia tree on the Fountain, and maybe the character Kostya would have preferred it. cigarettes "Salve" instead of "Kazbek".

The song was the first time officially recorded only by the 1970s, and then it became popular with many famous performers such as Muslim Magomayev and later Dmitri Hvorostovsky.

The Fate of Mark Bernays

Mark Bernays, real whose surname was Neumann, was born in 1911 in Nizhyn to a Jewish family. Contrary to this, many residents odessa confidently regarded Mark Bernays as their fellow countryman and resented when he denied this affiliation. His theatre career began in Kharkov, and then he moved to Moscow, where he became famous actor film.

In his. filmographies In 1969, Mark Bernes died of lung cancer and was buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery. In 1969, Mark Bernes died of lung cancer and was buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery. His talent and achievements immortalised in the museum, monuments and street names. He is considered one of the most beloved artists of the Soviet era and an outstanding Russian chansonnier.