The director terrified all the women in the Union.
Half a century ago, one of the most famous directors in the USSR and part-time founder of the Union of Cinematographers, creator of “Tractor Drivers” and “Pig and Shepherd” passed away.
True, for a terrible reason, no one grieved about Ivan Pyryev. However, the director was nicknamed the Russian Weinstein only after his death. As it turned out, dozens of actresses throughout their careers were silent about his more than frivolous behavior.
Only when Pyryev left the cinema, they whispered about the atrocities of the powerful man. It became clear: the director ruined the careers of actresses who denied him intimacy.
The “victims” of the adventures of the unpunished Pyryev were such actresses as Ekaterina Savinova, Marina Ladynina and even Lyudmila Marchenko. The director was madly in love with her. He gave expensive gifts, called to the registry office, but received a harsh refusal, for which the actress paid in full. What did the offended cinematographer do? He forbade filming Marchenko. And the artist appeared new roles only when the tyrant and, as they would say now, the abuser, was gone, writes the KP portal.
