Sem' dolgikh let - Nikulin Iurii Vladimirovich

Popularly beloved Russian actor Yuri Nikulin for most viewers will always be a good-natured hero from comedy films and a brilliant clown of the Moscow Circus. And few people will be able to correlate his "fun" images in the movie with the senior sergeant who passed the Great Patriotic War. In one episode of "Diamond Hand" the character of Yuri Nikulin is a short-of-the-post, saying, "I haven't held a gun since the war." However, not many will guess that behind this lightweight phrase lies the heavy military experience of the artist. After all, Yuri Nikulin has almost 8 years of service, and two wars - the Finnish and The Great Patriotic War. "Seven Long Years" is the memoirs of not a great actor, but an ordinary soldier who survived hunger, pneumonia and war, but found the strength to laugh even when there was blood and pain around.