Of course, our “top ten” will cause categorical disagreement with someone, maybe even bewilderment, because in Soviet cinema there were a huge number of characters that evoked much stronger unpleasant emotions. Immediately make a reservation: against the actors who brilliantly played the listed film images, we have absolutely nothing.
10. Alevtina Vlasyevna
The film “It was in Penkov” (1957) with the young Vyacheslav Tikhonov as tractor driver Matvey Morozov. The plot is likely to be remembered by many: the livestock distributor Tonya Glechikova, a clever, beautiful and start-up who comes to the construction of a village club, comes to the collective farm by distribution. Local young people, including married Matvey Morozov, are reaching for her. Their relationship is completely innocent, but the old bitch Alevtina Vlasyevna (played very “vitally” by the magnificent actress Valentina Telegina), whom the future club threatens to undermine the “personal business” - the moonshine trade, - spreads dirty gossip about Matvey and Tone and even persuades the near-witted wife Matvey Larisa to poison an opponent. “Attempt”, thank God, fails, but Matvey, in the heat of the moment locked up the evil gossip (not causing the slightest sympathy from the audience) in the basement, goes to jail for arbitrariness.
9. Duremar
Here we have in mind Duremar, played not by Vladimir Basov in the 1975 version of the Golden Key movie, but by the character of Sergei Martinson from a much earlier movie of the same name (1939). The vile, bustling Duremar, faithfully crawling in front of Karabas-Barabas and poking his long nose where he should not, causes sincere disgust (and even the desire to “slightly” beat him). But Duremar-Basov is even handsome - despite the fact that he, of course, is a narcissistic egoist and boor, he clearly has a certain charm.
8. Orphan
The film “Two tickets for a day session” (1966). The character of Alexander Yanvarev is a sort of “gopnik” Sirotin (today he would have been perfectly fit for the unflattering epithet “cattle”), at first he even seems to be a guy with charm, but very soon shows his true face: he blackmailes the girl with intimate photos, first beats her, and then her fiance. Phew, the worst type ...
7. Fanny Kaplan
The film "Lenin in 1918" (1939). Fanny Kaplan, who shot at Lenin at a time when he enthusiastically communicated with workers at the Michelson factory, is also one of the characters in Soviet cinema that is truly disgusting. For this, first of all, of course, you need to thank the brilliant actress Natalya Efron, - Kaplan in her performance turned out to be a real vixen, devoid of any signs of femininity and the slightest charm.
6. Valery Carriers
The character of Igor Starygin in the film “First Married” (1979) is a mediocre provincial artist who sincerely does not want to admit even to himself his own mediocrity and is confident that everyone is simply envious and disturbing him. He is very narcissistic, mean-spirited and unprincipled, and therefore, without the slightest doubt, “taunts” the young Moscow fool in order to, accordingly, provide himself with living space and new opportunities in Moscow. The pitiful and vile villain of the Carriers was played by Starygin so delightfully and believable that it is very difficult to believe that at the same time he starred in the role of the charismatic and charming handsome Aramis in “The Three Musketeers”.
5. Abage
The film is a fairy tale "Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors" (1963). The warty green-skinned Abage, with his swaying huge belly and forefooted arms in every direction, causes disgust even on a purely physiological level. He is stupid like a cork, but mean and insidious, and therefore confidently claims the royal throne. Well, what to take from him - a toad is a toad ... In this film, of course, there are other terry villains besides Abage (by the way, played by Arkady Tsinman). Anidag (reptile) performed by Lydia Vertinsky, for example, is also amphibian, but it still inspires not disgust, but rather fear.
4. The evil aunt who surrendered to White Dog's dog lovers, a black ear
The character of Valentina Vladimirova in the film "White Bim, the black ear" (1977) is a harmful neighbor, real rubbish, which are few. How many Soviet children cried because of her bitter tears. I just wanted to kill her. And it seemed that in relation to such adults, any cruelty was justified.
3. Kwak
The film is a fairy tale "Mary the Artisan" (1959). How many evil spirits the magnificent Georgy Millar has outplayed during his film career - and not counted (for example, his Baba Yaga is still considered the best embodiment of this folk character). In the same series, the ugly greenish sneak Kwak is a henchman and faithful servant of the water king of Vodokrut the Thirteenth. Disgusting lupato muzzle, hunched skinny back, fins-paws, nasty croaking voice. Brrr ...
2. Pavel Smerdyakov
The character of the wonderful actor Valentin Nikulin in the film “The Brothers Karamazov” (1968) is a provincial vulgar man with reminded hair and a guitar, whose prudent soul strives for enrichment. His whole world is limited by the idea of power, which can give a lot of money. Smerdyakov is a small man who dreams so much of becoming a real gentleman and pushing others around that he is ready to kill his own father for this. It's bad to be like this…
1. Romashov
And, finally, the real standard of a scoundrel and a bastard is Romashov performed by Yuri Bogatyrev (“Two Captains”, 1976). A vile, absolutely unprincipled, disgusting intriguer who easily blackmails the stepfather of his beloved girl to force her into an unpleasant marriage, and without the least remorse, throwing a wounded rival in the winter forest (besides, having stolen his gun and documents from him), thereby eliminating him from his path. In general, complete scum ...