How Zeldin's hobbies helped him land iconic roles 10 years ago, on October 31, 2016, at the age of 101, the world's oldest active actor, Vladimir Zeldin, passed away. One of his craziest scenes in the musical comedy "The Pig Farmer and the Shepherd" is, of course, the famous chase where Musayev literally flies on a horse along an almost vertical mountain road. Zeldin basically succeeded without research. He sat like a glove on the saddle and was not afraid of mountain roads or evil horses. And all because he had serious experience in riding horses and even received the "Woroshilov Cavalry" badge - it was established in 1936 by analogy with the "Woroshilov Shooter" badge from 1932.

How Zeldin's hobbies helped him land iconic roles 10 years ago, on October 31, 2016, at the age of 101, the world's oldest active actor, Vladimir Zeldin, passed away. One of his craziest scenes in the musical comedy "The Pig Farmer and the Shepherd" is, of course, the famous chase where Musayev literally flies on a horse along an almost vertical mountain road. Zeldin basically succeeded without research. He sat like a glove on the saddle and was not afraid of mountain roads or evil horses. And all because he had serious experience in riding horses and even received the "Woroshilov Cavalry" badge - it was established in 1936 by analogy with the "Woroshilov Shooter" badge from 1932.