Fate Stretching Out a Hand

An autobiography written by the famous director, actor, screenwriter, and producer Vladimir Menshov. A sincere story about love, true male friendship, loyalty to one’s work and homeland.
This is a very timely book. Today, many, if not all, are acutely lacking words of support from a wise, extraordinarily talented, utterly honest and sincere person. Such was and remains in the people's memory Vladimir Menshov, who gifted audiences with cinematic masterpieces such as "The Setup", "Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears", "Love and Pigeons", "Shirley-Myrli", "Envy of the Gods".
Here is the entire creative life of Vladimir Menshov – in the most interesting and completely candid details:
- how the falling out with Vera Alentova happened and how they managed to start anew;
- why Batalkov initially refused the role of Gosha;
- why the majority of his filmmaker colleagues felt hatred towards the film "Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears";
And many, many other astonishing, and at times shocking facts from the life of the Great Master. The book contains several dozen photographs from the director's family album, which have never been made public before.