Mbiri ya Filatova ndi yosangalatsa, ngakhale mutatchula dzina lake. Chowonadi ndi chakuti makolo a woimbayo anali maina omwewo. Mayi ndi bambo Leonid chifukwa cha izi ndikumakumana. Zolemba zawo zimakhala zosangalatsa komanso zosagwirizana ndi momwe iwo sakanati akwaniritsire, ngati ayi. Amayi a Filatova ankagwira ntchito ku fakitale, kumene amagawira mndandanda wa asilikali omwe anafunika kulemba kutsogolo. Pano pali amayi a Leonid adawona mayina, adamulembera kalata, kenako anakumana, anakwatira. Potsatira zotsatira, izi zinayambitsa kubadwa kwa mtsogoleri wam'tsogolo. Mwatsoka, iwo ankakhala limodzi nthawi yaitali, ndipo atatha kusudzulana, amayi anga ndi mwana wanga anasiya. Mbiri ya mnyamatayo inapitiliza ku Ashgabat, komwe amakhala ndi achibale. Mwa njira, apo panali apo Leonid anatsegula talente yolemba. Ali mwana, mwana wa sekondale, Lenya adatumiza kale ntchito yake ku makina apanyumba, ndipo adafalitsidwa kumeneko.
Koma, kuphatikizapo zochititsa chidwi za mabuku, Leonid nayenso anasangalala ndi masewerawo. Ataphunzira m'kalasi la khumi, adauza achibale ake ndi mabwenzi ake kuti atachoka kusukulu adapita ku Moscow komwe angapite ku VGIK. Palibe amene amamukhumudwitsa, chifukwa ngakhale amzanga ndi anzake adamuzindikira kuti mnyamatayo, mosakayikira, ali ndi luso lochita. Choncho, atangomaliza maphunzirowo, Lenya ndi anzake ena apamtima anapita ku Moscow. Ndipotu, anyamatawa anali otsimikiza kwambiri maluso awo chifukwa chakuti ankatsogoleredwa ndi maximalism komanso kudzikweza kwachinyamata. Iwo ankawona kuti onse anali kuyembekezera apo ndipo iwo amapita kumene iwo ankafuna. Koma, chirichonse chinasokonekera kwathunthu. Mwachitsanzo, Filatov mwiniwake adafuna kukhala mtsogoleri, koma sanavomerezedwe ku VGIK. Leonid anali atakhumudwa kale ndi luso lake, pamene mnzake wa m'kalasimo anamuuza kuti asataya dzanja lake pasanapite nthawi ndikuyesa sukulu ya Shchukin. Nthawi iyi yokha, musakhale pa siteji, koma pachitetezo chochita. Filatov anamvera malangizo abwino, ndipo anachita chinthu choyenera. Iye adalandiridwa ku sukulu ya Shchukin ndipo kumeneko anamaliza maphunziro a Lvov ndi Shikhmatov.
Maphunziro Filatov anamalizidwa mu 1969. Nthaŵi yomweyo anaitanidwa ku Theatre kwa Taganka. Ambiri mwa abwenzi ake ndi anzake adakhulupirira kuti mnyamatayo sakugwirizana nawo payekha. Leonid anali mnyamata wodekha komanso wabwino kwambiri. Ndipo pa Taganka chirichonse chinali nthawi zonse mofulumira, mokweza. Komabe, Leonid nthawiyi sanamvetsere maganizo a abwenzi, ndipo anapita kukatumikira ku zisudzo. Woimbayo sanadandaule ndi zosankha zake nthawi imodzi m'moyo wake. Nyumbayi idakhala malo komwe Filatov amadziwonetsera yekha. Inde, ndithudi, iye sanapange wotchuka kukhala wotchuka padziko lonse, koma anathandiza kuti adzipeze yekha. Filatov nthawi zambiri amakumbukira kuti poyamba anali ndi zolinga ndipo amafuna kukhala wotchuka kwambiri, koma anazindikira kuti ichi sichinali chinthu chachikulu. Akusewera muchithunzi chake choyamba, "Chochita chiyani? "Chernyshevsky, mnyamatayu anazindikira kuti amamvetsa ndi kuvomereza omvera. Muloleni iye asadziwe mamiliyoni, koma mazana, koma mazana awa mwamsanga ndipo moona mtima anagwera mu chikondi naye. Ndipo, chifukwa chake, adalidi wochita luso, ndipo maganizo a anthu adatsimikiziridwa. Mu Taganka Theatre, Filatov adasewera maudindo ambiri osangalatsa, osiyanasiyana komanso osakumbukika. Anadziwonetsa yekha kuti ndi woopsa, wochita chidwi komanso wosangalatsa. Pa ntchito iliyonse yomwe inasonkhanitsa misonkhano yonse, Filatov nthawi zonse anali ndi malo ake, udindo wake, umene adachita moona mtima komanso mokongola kotero kuti omvera onse ankakondwa nthawi zonse ndi achinyamata komanso ochita masewero.
Tiyenera kukumbukira kuti Filatov anali kulemekeza kwambiri mutu wa zisudzo Lyubimov. Anayamikira luso lake komanso luso lake lopanga. Lyubimov analinso wabwino kwambiri pa luso laling'ono, anam'patsa maudindo osangalatsa, adam'tamanda. Koma, poyerekeza ndi ochita masewera ena, Filatov adasewera pa Taganka sizinali zambiri. Mwina wina angakhale woimbayo akuganiza kuti zilakolako zake sizikhutira, ndipo angayambe kufunafuna ntchito yatsopano. Komabe, Filatov sanali konse monga choncho. Anakhulupilira kuti akupeza zokwanira kuti atsegule pamaso pa omvera ndikudzipezera pa siteji. Komanso, adayamikira kwambiri gulu lake ndi anzake. Filatov ndi munthu amene nthawi zonse amaika zabwino zomwe zimagwirizana ndi zofuna zawo. Komanso, iye adagwiritsa ntchito anthu osangalatsa komanso okongola omwe Filatova amatha kumvetsetsa bwino. Anasewera pa siteji yomweyo ndi Vladimir Vysotsky, Valery Zolotukhin, Alla Demidova, Boris Khmelnitsky.
Koma, ndithudi, Filatov imadziwika kwa omvera osati pa masewera. Iye adagwira ntchito zambiri zosangalatsa mu cinema. Tonse timadziwa "Flute Waiwala Woponyedwa" ndi "Akatswiri". Kuwonjezera pa zojambulajambulazi, mu filimu ya zojambulazo pali mafilimu ena osangalatsa omwe athandiza kwambiri ku cinema ya Soviet. Filatov mwiniwake anali wodziwa bwino mu cinema ndipo ankakonda mitundu yosiyanasiyana ndi mitundu, pamene ankakonda zokonda zithunzi zamakono zokhazokha. Ambiri mwa Filatov ankalimbikitsa Fellini. Anali woyang'anira izi pamene adalenga zithunzi zake molingana ndi malemba ake. Filatov anali woyimba, wotsogolera ndi ndakatulo. Analandira udindo wa dziko lokonda kwambiri, koma pa nthawi imodzimodziyo anafooketsa thanzi lake. Nthaŵi ina, Leonid anali ndi impso opaleshoni, ndipo izi ndi zomwe zinadetsa thanzi lake. Choncho, pamene adagonekedwa m'chipatala ndi chibayo chakumidzi, madokotala analephera kupulumutsa wothamanga. Filatov anamwalira zaka makumi asanu ndi limodzi mphambu asanu ndi chimodzi zokha.