Vasily Livanov called Igor Maslennikov a professional in his field

“Director Igor Maslennikov was a professional in his field, who knew how to assemble a team and work competently with it,” Livanov said in an interview with FAN.

For his part, actor Viktor Bychkov, in an interview with Gazeta.Ru, noted that it was easy to work with Maslennikov.

“When his wife was alive, she was a producer, she called and said that Igor Fedorovich wants to see me in his film based on Ostrovsky.

And there was no question of money or time.

He called - I came.

And it worked great.

After the first day of shooting, he walked and sang the song “Bychkov is a good actor,” the artist shared his memories.

Maslennikov, who created, among other things, the series of films The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson and Winter Cherry, has died at the age of 91.