Emmanuil Vitorgan’s wife, Irina Mlodik, with their daughters Clara and Ethel.
Photo: Boris KUDRYAVOV
On March 18, the premiere of the cartoon The Cats of the Hermitage took place in Moscow. An animated film about the adventures of the inhabitants of the St. Petersburg Museum gathered many celebrities in the auditorium. The stars of cinema and entertainment came to the cinema with their children and were the first to appreciate the adventure cartoon, which opens on March 23.
The youngest viewer of the show was three-year-old Clara, daughter of 83-year-old actor Emmanuil Vitorgan. Emmanuil Gedeonovich himself did not come to the show: Clara and her five-year-old sister Ethel were taken to the cinema by the artist’s wife, Irina Mlodik. Little Clara did not like to pose for photographers on the red carpet – the girl was clearly shy and embarrassed. In contrast, five-year-old Ethel was quite confident on camera. The girl smiled at the photographers and struck spectacular poses. “The artist is growing up, all in her daddy!” The guests at the premiere spoke approvingly.
Unlike her three-year-old sister, Ethel, five, carried herself quite confidently in front of the cameras.
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The couple hid for a long time that both girls were born to surrogate mothers. Irina Mlodik at first assured that she herself was carrying the baby Ethel. But in the end, the artist’s 61-year-old wife admitted that doctors forbade her to give birth for medical reasons. Therefore, she and her husband used the services of surrogate mothers.
Polina Gagarina voiced one of the heroines of the cartoon – the cat Cleopatra. Unlike many guests at the premiere, the singer came to the show childless. The actress is raising her son Andrei from her from her marriage to actor Peter Kislov and her daughter Mia from her from her marriage to photographer Dmitry Iskhakov. Polina believes that it is too early for her children to participate in social life and she does not appear with them in public. In addition, the artist does not show the face of her five-year-old daughter on social networks.
Polina Gagarina.
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Philip Kirkorov’s children Alla-Victoria, 11, and Martin, 10, attended the premiere with their grandfather. Bedros Kirkorov was hospitalized a month ago. The 90-year-old artist had a sharp drop in blood pressure and breathing problems. The doctors diagnosed him with bronchitis. For more than two weeks, Philip’s father was under the supervision of doctors. Apparently, Bedros Filippovich is not feeling very well even now. He came to the cinema wearing a medical mask, leaning on sticks. However, almost immediately after being discharged from the hospital, the patriarch of the national scene appeared on the set of the TV show “My Melody” and held his own in front of the cameras perfectly.
Philip Kirkorov’s children are 11-year-old Alla-Victoria and 10-year-old Martin with their grandfather Bedros Kirkorov.
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Showman Vadim Galygin with his son Vadim, actress Natalia Zemtsova with her son Ivan, actress Elena Biryukova with her daughter Aglaya, actor Vladimir Sychev with his wife and daughters Anna and Maria, Olesya Sudzilovskaya with her husband and son Artem and many others also came to watch the new cartoon.
Natalya Zemtsova with her son Ivan.
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“Cats of the Hermitage” was filmed for a whole five years, and as a result, the animated film turned out to be no worse than a Disney story. The plot is almost based on real events; after all, the Hermitage cats really do exist. Keepers of tailed masterpieces protect museum exhibits from mice and even receive a salary for this – in the form of food.
Elena Biryukova with her daughter Aglaya.
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In the story, a young cat named Vincent, in the company of the mouse Maurice, escapes from the flood on an old harpsichord, which is picked up by sailors and sent to Saint Petersburg, where it ends up in the Hermitage. There, Vincent meets an elite feline squad that has been protecting works of art from mice and other pests for centuries. Vincent dreams of finding a real cat family, but he doesn’t want to lose his friend Maurice, who saved his life. Vincent has to hide a friend, who also has a “little weakness”: Maurice loves to gnaw on painting masterpieces. The situation is further complicated when one of humanity’s greatest paintings, the Mona Lisa, arrives at the Hermitage, and it is every mouse’s dream to gnaw on it. But neither Vincent nor Maurice nor the Hermitage cats suspect that the painting is going to be stolen. And now Vincent will have to show all his ingenuity and courage to save the masterpiece, protect the honor of the museum and win the love of a cat named Cleopatra from the Egyptian hall.
Olesya Sudzilovskaya with her husband and son Artem.
Photo: Boris KUDRYAVOV
The main characters of the cartoon were played by Roman Kurtsyn, Polina Gagarina, Pavel Priluchny, Diomid Vinogradov and Alexey Voytyuk.
