New monument to Evgeny Leonov, instead of destroyed last year, will open at the "Mosfilm"

New monument to People's Artist of the USSR Evgeny Leonov (1926-1994) will open 10 September. The monument, which will replace the stolen earlier sculptural exposition will be located opposite the main entrance of the studio "Mosfilm".

The monument will be installed at the Plaza of the stars of Russian cinema, which was opened during the XXIII Moscow International Film Festival June 21, 2001.

In the same year on the Walk of movie stars, also located on Mosfilm Street, a monument was erected Leonov work Chernysheva Catherine sculptor. "He was an actor in the role of Assistant Professor from the movie" Gentlemen of Fortune ", - reminded the press service -. On the night of October 16, 2015 a monument was stolen, sawed into pieces and handed over to the metal, in May of this year, the court sentenced the kidnappers to 2 5 years in prison. "

"I kindly on the idea that in the year of the 90th anniversary of the birth of a talented artist, a symbol of Soviet cinema - Evgeny Leonov - we were able to pay tribute to its artistic merit and talent, recreating and restoring his monument to its rightful place - led the press service words of the chairman of the Union of Cinematographers Nikita Mikhalkov -. I want to believe that the theft committed in the past the monument Leonova character from the movie "Gentlemen of fortune" - evidence of the love of fans of the actor, not the vile desire to cash in. "

At the ceremony invited Mikhalkov, head of "Mosfilm" Karen Shakhnazarov, Iosif Kobzon, Leonid Vereshchagin, Yevgeny Gerasimov, Nikolay Burlyaev Alla Surikov and others.