Natalia Varley! And immediately an association with the heroine of the film “Prisoner of the Caucasus”. Of course, this book has chapters dedicated to the film and its creators - how could we not do without it! But the author tells not only funny, but also bitter stories... The author subtly, accurately and wittily tells about his circus youth, about work in cinema and theater, about childhood and parents, about travel, about friends, about his unique pedigree and meetings with wonderful people: Yuri Nikulin, Georgy Vitsin, Leonid Gaidai, Nonna Mordyukova, Vitaly Solomin and others. The beloved actress will reveal to readers the secret that she previously trusted only in diaries... This is a book about love. About eternal values. About finding the meaning of life.