Баталов А. Судьба и ремесло

People's Artist of the USSR A.V. Batalov in his book `Fate and Craft` speaks of acting - in a professional and broader civil sense. The author reflects on creativity in cinema, shares his experience, talks about art comrades, about working on the radio. The actor recalls the films in which he had a chance to act, about the wonderful directors - M. Romm, I. Kheifits, M. Donskoy - and unique partners - V. Maretskaya, I. Smoktunovsky, R. Bykov, I. Savvina - with whom he brought profession. And more about the house, that same `legendary Ordynka`, where the great Moscow Art Theater students - B. Livanov, V. Stanitsyn, O. Androvskaya came to visit their parents, Pasternak and Zoshchenko visited, Akhmatova lived for a long time ... d-theater