The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!
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The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!
29.99 €
One day, playwright Emil Braginsky and director Eldar Ryazanov, friends and co-authors, heard a story about a man who, after a bath, visited his friends, overindulged a bit at the well-set table, and fell asleep. The story remains silent as to why his dining companions were possessed by the idea of sending their sleeping companion by train to Leningrad, but instead, he arrived in the city on the Neva with only a bath broom in his carry-on.
This almost detective-like story inspired Braginsky and Ryazanov to create a cheerful and lyrical play about the love that blossomed between doctor Zhenya Lukashin and teacher Nadya Sheveleva. To avoid the improbability of the events evoking Stanislavsky's imagination in the audience, the co-authors set the action of their story on New Year's Eve, in a fairytale atmosphere of anticipation of a miracle. The play enjoyed a successful run in several Soviet theaters and was later adapted into a film, which Eldar Ryazanov adapted into "The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!", which soon earned the status of the country's premier New Year's comedy. Time has flown by. That country is long gone, as are the friends and co-writers who gave us so many wonderful films, but we still watch "The Irony of Fate" on New Year's Eve and joyfully follow the adventures of Zhenya, Nadya, and Ippolit.
In this book, you'll find both the film version of "The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!" accompanied by stills from the film, as well as Eldar Ryazanov's recollections of how this story came to be, how the film was shot, and how it was accepted by the State Commission—a small miracle, too.
This almost detective-like story inspired Braginsky and Ryazanov to create a cheerful and lyrical play about the love that blossomed between doctor Zhenya Lukashin and teacher Nadya Sheveleva. To avoid the improbability of the events evoking Stanislavsky's imagination in the audience, the co-authors set the action of their story on New Year's Eve, in a fairytale atmosphere of anticipation of a miracle. The play enjoyed a successful run in several Soviet theaters and was later adapted into a film, which Eldar Ryazanov adapted into "The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!", which soon earned the status of the country's premier New Year's comedy. Time has flown by. That country is long gone, as are the friends and co-writers who gave us so many wonderful films, but we still watch "The Irony of Fate" on New Year's Eve and joyfully follow the adventures of Zhenya, Nadya, and Ippolit.
In this book, you'll find both the film version of "The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!" accompanied by stills from the film, as well as Eldar Ryazanov's recollections of how this story came to be, how the film was shot, and how it was accepted by the State Commission—a small miracle, too.
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