People’s Artist of Russia Tatyana Piletskaya in conversation with journalists aif.ru admitted that she got her first major movie role thanks to the artist and composer Alexander Vertinsky.
According to the actor, before meeting Vertinsky he was not in demand among directors – he starred in episodes. Everything changed one day when Piletskaya attended the artist’s concert in Leningrad. There Vertinsky, the actress A. Ya. She learned that she graduated from the Leningrad Choreographic School named after Vaganova and noted that “with such a look and figure, she should definitely act in films.”
“I know the movie Princess Mary is being shot. I believe that the role of Vera is only yours, dear, ”Vertinsky told her at the time. After that, the actress took the photo of Piletskaya to the director Isidor Annensky, who approved for the role. Piletskaya said that thanks to this story, she could choose Vertinsky as a producer.
before in Paris showed Performance dedicated to Vertinsky’s migration.