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

The 1997 German tragicomedy “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” will leave no one cold-hearted. A poignant, funny and touching story of two terminally ill guys on the run from the mafia, won numerous awards and entered the cinema’s golden fund.

This film made the star of the handsome Til Schweiger, who played 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? Barely!

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

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

She also decided to try herself in the acting field, but the role of the main character’s girlfriend in Vasily Picul’s scandalous film “Little Vera” (1988) remained the pinnacle of her career, although Sasha performed brilliantly and was praised by both critics. and viewers.

Alexandra was pressed by the news that her father was having an affair with a student Marina Zudina – they worked together, Marina was only a year older. The departure of her father from the family, as they said, completely changed Sasha, knocked the ground from under her feet. From a cheerful young woman, she turned into a closed and unsociable person.

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

Tabakov’s daughter perfectly assimilated – her husband became world famous, she worked as a presenter on German television. However, something went wrong, and in 2005 Alexandra and her daughter returned to Russia. Today, she lives as a recluse, does not give interviews and keeps no contact with her former colleagues. There was information that Tabakova had addictions.

Polina chose the profession of a theater designer and even spoke with her famous grandfather for some time and managed to work in her specialty in several performances of Snuffboxes. A few years ago, she returned to Germany, to her father.

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

It was said that Jan Josef financially supported Alexandra Tabakova for quite a long time, thanks to which she was able to cope with long periods of unemployment in her native country. It is not known if the ex-spouses are communicating now, but Paulina visited her mother in the spring of 2022: Liefers admitted to German media that he was worried about his daughter, who went 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.