Margarita Terekhova, Elena Proklova, Natalya Andreychenko, Olga Ostroumova, Tatyana Vasilieva, Larisa Guzeeva, and many, many other actresses of Soviet cinema almost always played… themselves — women of luxury, charming, bright, and strong, capable of breaking more than one man’s heart. In a word, they were fateful both on the set and in real life. For many of them, their personal lives turned out to be difficult and filled with such dramas, twists, and passions that even the boldest screenwriter would envy. Fateful women were always at the center of men’s attention. Yes, men knew about the extraordinary power of these women’s charm, knew how dangerous the mixture of cunning and love was — but still, not always showing prudence, they plunged into the abyss of scorching passion without hesitation, completely breaking their own personal lives…