Who is Speransky Lev Alexandrovich? This is a writer, the author of a work of art in which there are such words: "It is very stormy here, we are afraid not to drown." The trouble is that you cannot find Speransky's works in any library. Even the most sophisticated connoisseur of Russian literature will not be able to name a single book created by this prose writer.
For the first time, the inhabitants of our country heard the name of Speransky Lev Aleksandrovich in the late 70s of the last century. Director Govorukhin filmed one of the books of the Weiner brothers. The name of this work is remembered by few today. But the serial film has become a classic of domestic cinema. The book is called The Era of Mercy. Film - “The meeting place cannot be changed.”
What does Speransky Lev Aleksandrovich have to do with the film of Stanislav Govorukhin? Recall the plot.
"Black cat"
Lev Aleksandrovich Speransky is a mysterious person. His name is mentioned in the movie in the Fox interrogation scene. Events unfold in the hungry post-war years. Former front-line soldier Sharapov is sent to the UGRO, where he meets an experienced investigator Zheglov. Police officers have a difficult task: to detain members of the Black Cat gang, which has kept Muscovites in fear for more than a year.
At Astoria
A Black Fox is associated with the Black Cat. Who is he? A criminal walking around Moscow in officer uniform and with a stolen order on his chest. That is all that is known about him. The bandit is detained by the men at the restaurant. The scene is well remembered by everyone who watched the detective series.
The hero of Alexander Belyavsky, an actor who so realistically played a repeat offender, that for many years the former convicts mistook him for “their own”, appears in Astoria. As soon as he crossed the threshold of the hall, Fox “feels an ambush with an animal instinct” (that is what the literary source says).
A recidivist, to the sound of an alarming tango, breaks a glass, sits down in Studebaker. A furious chase begins. This time the bandit will not be able to avoid detention. Soon he will be in the investigator’s office and for the first time he will hear about the writer Speransky Lev Aleksandrovich.
Interrogation
Fox is detained. Now the next task for UGRO employees is to go to the leader of the Black Cat. The best way is to infiltrate the gang. Sharapova, unlike Zheglov, criminals do not know in person. This is where the plan comes about, which will be realized with the help of a message written by Fox's hand.
Sharapov, interrogating the bandit, presents him with a letter addressed to Larisa Gruzdeva and containing threats. This letter allegedly serves as evidence in the murder of a woman. However, Fox claims that this is not his handwriting. Sharapov uses the letter solely to divert the attention of the criminal. Fox will have to go through a graphological examination.
Wonderful writer
The arrested man writes dictated quotes from the books of Lev Kassil and Alexander Pushkin. Then Sharapov dictates to him the words of a certain Speransky L. A.: “It is very stormy here, we are afraid, as though not to drown. Our sick friend quit, I send you and him, Anyuta, a big hello. ”
Fox puts the date and signature, gives it back to the investigator. And then Sharapova asks: “What kind of writer is Speransky?” “Lev Aleksandrovich is a wonderful writer, ” replies Sharapov and smiles slyly. Too late, the recidivist realized: the investigator forced him to write a note to his mistress Anna.
Fox has demonstrated some knowledge in the literature. Who is Speransky Lev Alexandrovich? The writer’s biography and work are unknown to Fox, on the basis of which he understands that this is a fictitious person, a name that, apparently, accidentally occurred to Sharapov. Among Soviet writers, such an author has never been.
Speransky Lev Aleksandrovich is a name that can be heard exclusively in the detective series of Stanislav Govorukhin. In the book, Sharapov calls another surname - Borsky. It is worth saying a few words about the namesakes of a fictional writer.
