the morals of Soviet film stars today will cause amazement

December 5, 2022 8:45 pm

The story will surpass any soap opera.

Marina Ladynina was a very successful Soviet actress and starred in many brilliant films. She has appeared in films like ‘Kuban Cossacks’, ‘Pig and Shepherd’ and ‘Rich Bride’. The artist’s personal life was also seething, although at first everything turned out to be predictable.

Ladynina’s first husband was the actor Ivan Lyubeznov, whom they met as students. Both were from the provinces and are far from the customs of the capital, so they immediately felt some kind of kinship. But gradually the couple began to move away from each other, as they worked in different theaters. Lyubeznov wanted both to sacrifice their careers for the sake of marriage and leave the capital, but Ladynina had her own plans. The end of their relationship was laid by the then novice director Ivan Pyryev. He filmed the bride and groom in his film “The Rich Bride”, and this was a tipping point for their family happiness. Pyryev, although he was married at that time, was seriously carried away by Ladynina. A relationship began between them, and she became pregnant. They both left their legal spouses and started living together.

Desperate Lyubeznov, Ladynina offered to marry her sister, because they were very similar to her. The actor, oddly enough, followed the advice of his ex-wife. So Ladynina became her ex-husband’s sister-in-law. In a new marriage, Lyubeznov lived soul to soul with his second wife. And when she became a widow, Marina Ladynina, long divorced, offered to get back together, but she was flatly refused.