Nine best swimwear from your favorite Soviet films
'04.05.2021'
Source: lady.mail.ru
The trend for retro swimwear has migrated to the present day. Co-founder and co-author of the CineModa project Katerina Krupnova decided to recall swimwear from Soviet cinema, which today can rightfully be called legendary.
As you know, in the era of the Soviet deficit, women looked good not because of, but in spite of. To get a swimsuit made in the GDR or Yugoslavia for a cherished trip to Sochi or Yalta was the ultimate dream of any fashionista. In May, shortly before the hottest time of the year, we recall the famous swimsuits of Soviet cinema and adorable actresses who effectively demonstrated this integral piece of summer wardrobe on the screen, writes lady.mail.ru.
"Three plus two" (1963)
In the famous comedy, two namesakes, two beauties - brunette Natalya Fateeva and blonde Natalya Kustinskaya - became almost the first Soviet actresses who risked spending an enviable part of screen time in bathing suits.
And if the strict tamer of lions and tigers Zoya (Fateeva) wears an exclusively closed black swimsuit, then her friend Natasha, as befits any actress, is more frivolous. There are two swimsuits in her wardrobe: a three-color white-red-blue one-piece and an incredibly bold gray-bluish bikini for the Soviet cinema of those years. It is not surprising that when “Three plus Two” was shown abroad, Kustinskaya was dubbed the “Russian Brigitte Bardot”. Definitely similar to the face.
"Operation" Y "and other adventures of Shurik" (1965)
The word “erotica” seems to be poorly matched with the name of our famous comedian Leonid Gaidai, but it was he who became the first Soviet director who dared to undress the actresses on the screen. Naturally, the demonstration of underwear could not be a question, but swimsuit - please.
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So Lida, the heroine of the novel “Navigation”, performed by a young and charming Natalia Selezneva, takes off her summer dress, and under it is not linen, but a spectacular red sports-style swimsuit with black trim. In those years, separate swimsuits were scarce goods. Therefore, they looked for a suitable model for a very long time and finally got hold of the speculators. It is said that when someone from the film crew, having lost patience, asked Gaidai: “But what difference does Seleznev wear?”
By the way, according to legend, Natalya Selezneva went to sample this film right from the beach. She was wearing a summer dress and a swimsuit under it. Gaidai, who knew that, according to the scenario, her heroine would have to easily remove the dress, went to a conscious provocation. “And the figure is with you, I look, not really!” Said the director. What indignant Selezneva threw off a sundress and remained in one bathing suit. The actress did it so naturally and innocently, which convinced Gaidai: she is an ideal candidate for the role of Lida.
"Caucasian Captive, or Shurik's New Adventures" (1966)
A student, athlete, Komsomol and just beautiful Nina - the most famous role in the filmography of Natalia Varley. A graduate of the circus school she got thanks to the remarkable physical training and ... swimsuit!
Varley recalls: “I came to Mosfilm. I was given to read an excerpt from the script. And then Leonid Gaidai asks me: "Natasha, could you get undressed in a swimsuit?" I replied: "Of course." Everyone was very surprised by this. It is in our time the actors easily undress, and then the cinema, and the whole country were more chaste. But for me, the swimsuit was a casual circus dress, so no thoughts arose. In general, this episode was shot. Perhaps he determined the choice of director. " In the film, after a forced swim in the mountain river, Nina hangs out her underwear in a one-piece black bathing suit with an interesting insert in a black and white strip with three black buttons on the chest.
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Diamond Arm (1968)
Thanks to the role of the cunning temptress Anna Sergeyevna Svetlana Svetlichnaya became the first sex symbol of our cinema. In his desire for chaste exposure of actress Gaidai followed the reception, successfully run-in on the film "Operation" S ". In the famous scene of striptease under a short robe with mother of pearl buttons it turned out again not lingerie, but a spectacular bikini of rich emerald hue.
In an interview, Svetlichnaya recalled that the swimsuit was ordinary, but then it was specially embroidered with sequins. Well, we can safely say that the sound of the unbuttoned fastener of the bathing suit Anna Sergeyevna was a call for the beginning of the sexual revolution in our cinema.
Big Break (1973)
In the popular TV movie, Nestor Petrovich's beloved, long-haired Polina (Natalia Gvozdikova) cuts water skis in a laconic dark blue monokini. Very relevant model for the current beach season.
“Be my husband!” (1981)
In the light resort comedy of Alla Surikova, the purposeful and independent single mother Natasha performed by Elena Proklova conquers the entire male half of the heated Black Sea beach with her blue-and-white flowered split swimsuit. It seems to be modest, but damnably attractive.
Blonde around the corner (1984)
The energetic saleswoman of the gastronomic department Nadezhda (Tatiana Dogileva) takes everything from life. So in the pool scene, she sits in a clearly imported white sports bikini with blue stitching. Ribbon on the forehead gives even greater similarity with the American queen of aerobics. By the way, sport chic is now in fashion again.
"Love and Doves" (1984)
Ludmila Gurchenko, the first-time resort in a fabulous performance, meets Vasily (Alexander Mikhailov) for the first time while swimming in the sea. On the heroin - a one-piece swimsuit with a color geometric pattern and a fun volume swim cap with a floral print.
Film director Vladimir Menshov later recalled what a heroic feat Lyudmila Markovna accomplished during the filming of this scene. The actress was most afraid of the cold, and, as often happens in the movies, the summer was filmed in late autumn, when the water temperature did not rise above 14 degrees. At the same time, the actress needed to conduct a whole dialogue, swimming in icy water. But what can you do for the sake of art!
Little Faith (1988)
In the film, which has become a kind of perestroika film manifesto, the heroine Natalya Negoda demonstrates a frank enough for the Soviet cinema bikini with an animal print and a sconce in the form of triangles.
The influence of Western fashion trends is unstoppable. And the heroine swimsuit itself would look very relevant today.
