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film "Big Life", dedicated to the miners of Donbass in the 1930s, was the leader of the pre-war 1940 rental. During the Great Patriotic War, many front-line folklore reworkings of the song were created. In the same film, the old miner's song "Konogon" sounded-it also caused a lot of reworkings, the most famous of which is "Tanks rumbled across the field...".
In 1946, Lukov shot a sequel to the film about the restoration of Donbass after the war-this continuation was considered the second series. But in September 1946, in connection with the beginning of the struggle against formalism, the film was banned, including for "songs imbued with kabatsky melancholy."
Big Life. Bolshaya Zhizn is a Soviet feature film directed by Leonid Lukov. The leader of the rental in 1940-18.6 million viewers. The film is based on the script of Pavel Nilin, the basis for which was his own novel "A Man Goes Uphill (Essays on Ordinary Life)", published in the magazine"New World" (1936). For the script and direction on March 15, 1941, the film "Big Life" was awarded the Stalin Prize of the II degree. Plot. A small mining village in the Donbass lives a working life. Three months ago, a new partorg Khadarov came to the mine. With his arrival, life in the village and in the mine was revived. Work is underway to re-equip the mine. Partorg supports the initiative of a young engineer Petukhov, who, with the support of experienced miners, is developing a new method of coal mining. But not everyone believes in the success of the new method. More than others, the chairman of the mine committee Usynin expresses doubts, a man who is afraid of any responsibility and always tries to stay away. He is still trying to stop innovation at the mine, fearing responsibility for possible malfunctions. In any case, Usynin assures others that the method developed by Petukhov is doomed to failure. Unable to withstand humiliation and insults, Petukhov is going to leave the mine. But mine veterans Kuzma Kozodoev and Viktor Bugorkov believe in the success of the new method and convince Petukhov to stay at the mine and continue the work begun. In this they are supported by Khadarov. When chief engineer Ivanov fell ill, Khadarov insists that the duties be assigned to Petukhov. The trust of the management forced the young engineer with renewed energy to finish the work on the introduction of a new method of coal mining. Khariton Balun works at the mine. But the work for this hero is only an everyday necessity. It is more interesting for him to spend his free time in the company of friends: merry man Vanya Kursky and Makar Lyagotin. Chariton is in love with the proud Sonia Osipova, but she rejects him, saying that she is ashamed to be near a drunkard. Usynin believes that it is time to drive Khariton from the mine. However, the experienced miner Kozodoev believes that Khariton has a special mining talent and if you help him, a real miner will come out of it. Khadarov urges Khariton to start learning and become a real miner, like his teacher Kozodoev. Khadarov turns to Sonia Osipova to influence Khariton and help him. Seeing Sonia with Khadarov, Khariton throws his studies and together with his friends goes to the pub, and then out of jealousy arranges a drunken brawl. Usynin believes that when testing a new method in the mine can be a collapse. In this he is supported by the foreman Kuzmin. Together they send a letter to the district committee of the party, in which they express their fears that during the experiment there may be human casualties. No one knows that Kuzmin's hidden enemy is a former fist. He knocks the son of the fist Makar Lyagotin to arrange a collapse in the mine. On the day of the experiment, miners Kozodoev and Bugorkov, working according to a new method, significantly exceeded the norm. Lyagotin was afraid to make a collapse in the mine, and this saved the lives of the slaughterers. According to the method of engineer Petukhov, the entire mine will now work. Khariton's drunken brawl causes condemnation of the entire mining village. His misconduct is considered in a friendly court. A turning point occurs in Balun's mind. Sonia marries him. In the collapse rigged by Kuzmin and Lyagotin, Kuzma Kozodoev suffered. Doctors fear for his life. In the collapse, Petukhov blames himself, believing that he conducted incorrect calculations. Khodarov is sure that pests act at the mine. Kuzmin wants to arrange so that Khadarov is overwhelmed in the mine, believing that he will soon reveal his conspiracy. Only chance saved the partorg from death. Khariton Balun considers himself a student of Kozodoev and considers it his duty to continue his work. He assembles a brigade of miners, and they go to a new record. Chariton promises to break his teacher's record. Pests try to disrupt the record work, but are exposed and detained. Having set a new record, Khariton Balun's brigade leaves the mine as heroes.
"Dark Mounds Sleep" is a lyrical song. It was written in 1939 for the film "Big Life"by the poet Boris Laskin and the composer Nikita Bogoslovsky. History. The content of the song corresponds to one of the storylines of the film-the pouring into the labor collective of a young guy. However, in the film it was sung, oddly enough, not by the hero, but by the pest Makar Lyagotin, played by the artist Lavrentiy Masoha. Soon after the release of the film on the screens, this song was performed on the radio, and then recorded on the record (in 1940) by Mark Bernes (he played the role of engineer Petukhov in the film). In the 1970s, when re-recording the sound of the film "Big Life", the song was performed by Valery Zolotukhin. After the appearance of the song "Sleeping mounds dark" miners gave Nikita Bogoslovsky a large piece of anthracite,on which the dedicative text and an excerpt from the song were written. During the Great Patriotic War in occupied Odessa, the song was banned by order No. 12 of corps general Peter Dumitrescu of June 3, 1942. There was also an anti-German song on the motif "Dark mounds sleep". The song for some time was the anthem of the city of Makiivka, Donetsk region. The song is the anthem of Football fans of Shakhtar Donetsk. After the reconstruction of 2015, the clock on the facade of the building of the main post office of Donetsk plays the melody "Sleep mounds dark".
In 1939, 80 years ago, the classic Soviet film "Big Life" was shot-about the working days and lyrical adventures of Donetsk miners. With him began the triumphant fate of the song "Sleep mounds dark". With all the richness of choice, there is no musical and poetic composition about Donbass in nature, more famous and deservedly loved by the people than "Dark Mounds Sleep". It was presented to the public in their original interpretations by outstanding performers from Mark Bernes and Valery Zolotukhin to Yuri Bogatikov, Joseph Kobzon and Nikolai Rastorguev. But it was the debut performance of the unofficial, as they now often say, the anthem of Donbass that was extremely curious. Non-standard, whatever.In 1939, a native of Mariupol and subsequently twice winner of the Stalin Prize, one of the most venerable Soviet directors Leonid Lukov and his team completed work on the film "Big Life". The tape of the Kiev Film Studio enjoyed crazy success with the public of the entire vast USSR. The images embodied on the screen by Boris Andreev, Pyotr Aleinikov, Ivan Peltzer and other actors of the Soviet school became a reference. And the plot itself, telling how a kind, but somewhat unlucky guy overcames himself - with the help, of course, of the team-and becomes a useful member of society, for a long time staked out its place in the scripts of domestic playwrights. As it should be according to the canons of the film industry of those years, the film, albeit somewhat unpretentiously, in the forehead, but preached eternal truths, helped the audience to understand where the good and where the evil. The bright side, the explosive mixture of which included joyful work for the benefit of the people and an indispensable love component, confidently took over. Cinemas, clubs and "red corners" spectators left pleasantly excited, smiling and extremely confident in the future. The formation of all this magnificent range of feelings contributed, of course, and the musical design of the tape. In the "Big Life" the composer Nikita Bogoslovsky worked gloriously on him. Among other things, at that time he managed to create a real masterpiece. Moreover, the general course of events shows that this happened largely unexpectedly for the authors of the song (the words to the music of Bogoslovsky were cleverly laid by the poet Boris Laskin), the director and the entire film crew. Sounded for the first time in the "Big Life" miner's song No. 1 "Sleep mounds dark" was performed not by a typical movie hero-a drummer of labor or just a good guy, which in the mining villages at that time was darkness-darkness-but the most natural enemy, pest, kulak son and just a rare scoundrel. His role was played by actor Lavrentiy Masoha. Under the harmonica, he launched a song that has not lost its relevance for all 80 years of its sound. The fact that she is loved and known in the Donbass is self-evident. But throughout the former USSR, the song is well known. Perhaps it is perceived as one of the beautiful symbols of the Soviet era. I must say that the creative biography of Lavrentiy Masoha developed in such a way that he had to play a fair number of unrespectable characters. Not only, of course, theirs, but the negative charm of a native of cherkasy lands, noticed by the directors, was exploited to the fullest. Even those who are not very familiar with Masoha's cinematic works know one of his roles for sure. This is a gray-haired thoroughbred officer on special assignments for Müller (Bronevoy)-SS Standartenführer Scholz in the legendary "Seventeen Moments of Spring". By the way, this is the last role of Lawrence Masoha. He was a vulnerable man, took everything to heart, when the director of the picture Tatyana Lioznova gave him a boorish snooze, could not stand it and died...In 1971, he was only 61 years old. But in "Big Life" Masoha is young, thin, cheeky, appropriately bold. And he sang, we note, very decently, sincerely. The latter caused cognitive dissonance among the Soviet public. How so, fierce enemy, and the song is performed wonderful, ours? Something had to be done about this phenomenon. Moreover, the composition "Sleeping Mounds Dark" has healed its own life, much more even than the film itself. First of all, the song was taken into his repertoire by the national favorite Mark Bernes. By the way, in the "Big Life" he played the role of a correct and advanced engineer. And when in 1946 the continuation of the popular film was filmed, where the same characters as in the first part fight with the Nazis and liberate the Donbass, the character of Masokha's character has undergone fundamental changes. For the better, of course, side. In the dashing year of trials, the former pest saw through, stood on the right side and was introduced by the partisans into the ranks of the policemen, with secret intent. Hiding behind his status, the hero of our story, as expected, brought a lot of benefit to the common cause. When ours came, and the inhabitants, without figling out, wanted to lynch the false policeman, authoritative red commanders stood up for him-the underground even received a medal. And it became clear to everyone why in the first series it is he who sings the main song of Donbass. After all, somewhere in the depths of his soul there was a good man, but he was desperately mistaken. And then he recovered, repented, proved his positive essence with the case. Full and unconditional rehabilitation! The enemy from the first part of the film turned into the second into a hero, a reliable guy, a virtuoso fastener, and found his love. The latter will be more important than any medal.
The history of the song "Sleeping mounds dark". The content of the composition written in 1939 corresponds to the storyline of the film-the infusion of a young guy into the labor collective (while in the film the song "Sleeping Mounds Dark" was sung by the negative character Makar Lyagotin, whose image on the screen was embodied by actor Lavrentiy Masoha). The cinematic creation of Leonid Lukov became the undisputed leader of the Soviet film distribution in 1940 (over 18.6 million views) and was awarded the Stalin Prize of the II degree. Soon after the triumphant premiere of the picture, the song was performed on the radio (and subsequently recorded on the record) by Mark Bernes, who played engineer Petukhov in the film. The first recording on the record performed by the legendary singer is dated March 21, 1940. Subsequently, "Mounds" was repeatedly reprinted. For the song "Dark Mounds Sleep", the miners handed Bogoslovsky a huge piece of anthracite. An excerpt from the song and words of gratitude for the song were written on the coal. During the Second World War in the occupied Odessa", "Kurgans" were banned by order of the Romanian General Peter Dumitrescu (pr-z No. 12 of 03.06.1942). The motif of the song was the basis of several anti-fascist songs. The composition for some time was the official anthem of Makiyevka (satellite city of Donetsk). With "Sleeping Mounds Dark" began the debut of the future People's Artist of the USSR Yuri Bogatikov (1969). Since 1996, the song "registered" in the repertoire of the group "Lube" (included in the album "Combat"). The song is the anthem of Football fans of Shakhtar Donetsk.
Dark mounds sleep. I like to watch old movies sometimes. It is very interesting to observe the life of the heroes and compare them with modern people. From such films one can very well imagine the atmosphere of that time, the thoughts and hopes of people. You may have heard the very beautiful song "Dark Mounds Are Sleeping", which was written by poet Boris Laskin and composer Nikita Bogoslovsky especially for the feature film "Big Life". This film was shot in 1939 with a story about the miners of Donbass, about the innovators of production and their fight against pests and enemies of the people. In 1941, the script and direction were awarded the Stalin Prize. In 1963, after measures taken by the Soviet leadership to debunk the Stalin personality cult, a new edited version of the film was released, in which cuts were made in scenes where portraits of Stalin and other disgraced leaders are visible. In 1973, the film was re-sounded and Valery Zolotukhin sang the song "Dark mounds are sleeping", which in the original version of 1939 was performed by Lavrenty Masokha, playing the role of the son of a fist. Dark mounds sleep, Scorched by the sun, And white fogs walk in succession...Through noisy groves and green fields A young lad came out into the Donetsk steppe . There, at the coal mine, The boy was noticed, The hand of friendship was given, They took him with him. Pretty girls greeted us with a quiet song, And a young guy went to the slaughter .
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