Stars This famous German movie actor “Knockin’ on Heaven” he was the son-in-law of director Oleg Tabakov – did you know?

1997 German tragicomedy “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” it leaves only a man with a heart of stone indifferent. A captivating, funny and touching story of two terminally ill people fleeing from the mafia, it collected many awards and entered the golden fund of cinematography.

This film made a star of the handsome Til Schweiger, who portrayed the brutal Martin Brest. But did you know that Jan Josef Liefers, who played his comrade, the quiet Rudy Wurlitzer, was the son-in-law of the famous Russian director Oleg Tabakov? Unlikely!

Oleg Pavlovich died in March 2018, and fans are watching how his widow Marina Zudina copes with the loss and how children Pavel and Maria grow up. 26-year-old Pavel has already become a father himself – Tabakov the elder, however, did not live to see his youngest granddaughter…

But until 1995, Tabakov had another family – the director was happily married to actress Lyudmila Krylova. She bore him two children. Anton, like two drops of water similar to his famous father, became a famous restaurateur. But Alexandra’s life was very sad.

She also decided to try herself in the field of acting, but the role of the girlfriend of the main character in the scandalous film Vasiliy Pichul “Little Vera” (1988) remained the pinnacle of her career, although Sasha gave a great performance and was loved by both critics. and viewers.

Alexandra was hit hard by the news that her father had an affair with student Marina Zudina – they worked together, Marina was only a year older. His father’s departure from the family, it was said, changed Sasha completely, knocked the ground under her feet. From a cheerful young woman, she became withdrawn and unsociable.

The opportunity to change the situation gave her an acquaintance with the German actor Jan Josef Liefers: Alexandra Tabakova married him and left Russia. Her only daughter, Polina (Paulina) Liefers, granddaughter of Oleg Tabakov, was born in Germany in 1988.

Tabakov’s daughter assimilated perfectly – her husband became world famous, she worked as a presenter on German television. However, something went wrong and in 2005 Alexandra returned to Russia with her daughter. Now he lives in seclusion, does not give interviews and does not communicate with any of his former colleagues. Information appeared that Tabaková had an addiction.

Polina chose the profession of a theater decorator and even talked for some time with her famous grandfather and managed to work in her specialty in several performances of Snuffboxes. A few years ago she moved back to Germany to live with her father.

Tabak’s former son-in-law Jan Josef Liefers is very popular in his native country. He records music albums and has been starring in the most famous German crime series, Scene of the Crime, for almost 20 years. Liefers married a second time, has two young daughters from his new wife Anna Loos, and a son from an extramarital affair.

It was said that Jan Josef financially supported Alexandra Tabáková for quite a long time, thanks to which she was able to cope with a long period of unemployment in her homeland. It is not known whether the former spouses now communicate, but Paulina visited her mother in the spring of 2022: Liefers admitted to the German media that he was worried about his daughter, who had gone to Russia. Perhaps she came to introduce her husband to the Russian part of the family – Tabakov’s granddaughter recently married a man named Adrian.