Francis Lemark

Zinovy ​​Gerdt about Mark Bernes and Nikita Theological:

It was the fifty -seventh year. Moscow, festival of youth and students.
Crowds of foreigners! For the first time!

And five French composers arrived, writers of all songs of Yves Montana: Francis Lemark, Mark Erral, some other ... the most famous surnames! And Nikita the Theological - the Theological - was assigned to them -
Firstly, as a vice or president of the USSR Society-France,
And secondly, he has a wonderful French.
Here you go.

And then I played in the Hermitage "Extraordinary Concert", and in the neighborhood I performed Utesov. And since only from me, the “entertainer” depended, our “concert” or twenty -hour will go for two hours, I quickly played it out to be in time for Leonid Osipovich to be in the second action. I adored him.

And so I run out, I look: this group stands - five Frenchmen, Nikita and Mark Bernes. He was very drawn to them ... And such a life is going on: Nikita will cut something off, the French are laughing. I don't understand a word, Bernes too.

And he all the time pulls the theologian by the sleeve: Nikita, what did you say? He frowns: wait, Markusha, what are you, by golly! A minute later they laugh again. Bernes again: Nikita, what did he say? For the third time, the Theologian could not stand it: “Mark, where were you raised? We are talking! This is impolite, non -intelligent ... "

Then he went to get a countermark - to the French and himself, and we were left seven without a language. What does a normal person say in such a situation? Mark said: “Azokhn Wei ...” is sad so, on the exhale. Then Francis Lemark tells him - on Yiddish: "Are you a Jew?" Bernes on Yiddish replies: "Of course." “I am a Jew too,” says Lemark. And turning to his colleagues, he adds: "He is a Jew, and he is a Jew, and he ..."

All five turned out to be pure French! And everyone knows Yiddish! Mark knew the Yiddish remarkably, I also something ... And we began to live our life, and we don’t care about this concert by Utesov!

Here, according to the law, the genre comes - who? - That's right, theological! We laugh, we completely do not notice Nikita’s arrival ... He listened, listened to how we laugh, and said: “Marcusha, what did you say?” And Bernes replies: “Wait, Nikita! Where were you raised, by golly? We are talking! "