Why Vladimir Semenovich Vysotsky wanted to refuse a role Zheglov Gleb in "The meeting place it is impossible to change"

The basis of the scenario was formed by the detective novel Vayner Arkady and Georgy Vaynerov "An era mercies". Brothers told later that the idea to write the script for the movie was prompted by Vladimir Semenovich Vysotsky. For the sake of it writers even went for change of appearance of the hero: in the novel Zheglov Gleb high and broad-shouldered handsome. However Stanislas Govorukhin had to do adaptation. In a scenario each series had the name: "Black...