The youthful director Bondarchuk couldn't contain his inner excitement.
Because today, he would visit Marshal Aleksei Konstantinovich Rokossovsky, who was vacationing at the White Sea Villa.
Of course, given Bondarchuk's status, he couldn't possibly have personal friendship with the Marshal. This visit was for a film depicting the great patriotic war thirty years ago.
He brought along a streamlined crew, including the actor who would play the Marshal, the actress who would play the Marshal's wife, and the actress portraying the last Tsar, Olga, among others, as well as the entire writing team.
Most of the actors were young people born after the war, and now they were too excited to sit still.
The sole exception was the elderly actor playing Marshal Pavlov, who appeared calm and composed: "You all shouldn't be so worked up!"
