Adolf Hitler called the film "public enemy No. 1", and Joseph Stalin gave him a separate apartment. Scout Mikhalkov tells about the life and extraordinary abilities of the most famous psychic of the twentieth century.
They both deserve to write about them multivolume works and movies.
Mikhail Mikhalkov - member of the Union of writers of Russia, the brother of Sergey Mikhalkov, the author of the Anthem of the USSR and "Uncle Stepa". During the war the will of fate was in the Waffen SS
in the position of captain, visited the Nazi intelligence school. Stirlitz rest: no one could imagine that the German officer is the representative of the ancient Russian family, in addition, a "Stalin".
In February 1945 during the battle moved to the front to her in the form of a German soldier. Long time sitting in the SMERSH. If failed to pass a note to his famous brother, he would rot in camps. But Sergei Mikhalkov made to brother was released and rehabilitated.
Wolf Grigorievich messing was one of the most enigmatic figures of the past century. Originally from Poland, from a Jewish family, messing has ensured that participation in his life he took himself Joseph Stalin, and Adolf Hitler considered him a personal enemy.
Even Mikhalkov met in Moscow, where Wolfgang performed his famous "Psychological sessions". Close. A lot of talking. In 1972, he died. The mystery of his phenomenon is not solved still, the name is covered with legends.
Two decades later, Mikhail Mikhalkov tried to lift the veil of mystery messing around. Soon the shelves will be the book in which Mikhail tells about his meetings with Messing, the story of his life. Although perhaps the unanswered questions after the book will be even more...
- Mikhail Vladimirovich, let's begin with. How did you hear about the Film?
- I learned about it during the war. In 1942 in a German hospital in Dneprodzerzhinsk I was in the leadership of the camp underground and as a prisoner of war, served the wounded. Was assigned a nurse for two wards, which contained the German officers of the high command of the Wehrmacht. Once from their conversation learned about Messing. As far as I knew, he was a Polish Jew and was considered in Germany, Hitler's No. 1 enemy. This was my first first acquaintance with him. And after the war, when he learned that messing performs in Moscow with his "psychological experiments", I wanted to meet him personally, which soon happened.
I was very interested in hypnosis, telepathy and yoga and wanted to hear helped me understand my military fate, explained how I managed to overcome seemingly insurmountable difficulties. He refused and said that if I was not from a noble family, you will never be able to play the role of a German officer - captain of the SS "Dead head". For among the Nazi elite - the counts, Dukes and barons - I would look like a black sheep. Plus home education, special environment, besides knowledge of the German lingo and clean documents... All this together has saved me from exposure.
- If earlier the Soviet people knew about the Film no less than about their leaders, but today heard about this one. What do you know about the childhood and adolescence of the film?
- He was born 10 Sep 1899 near Warsaw to a Jewish family. Father and brothers died in the Nazi Majdanek concentration camp. Mother died early. The boy was sleepwalking: a night in the sleep got out of bed, approached the window sill and gazed at the moon. My father advised to put to bed the trough with cold water. In the end, the wolf in the dream, got up, got a foot in cold water and lay down again to sleep. And cured.
