Recently, on the First Channel, with a great success, a series of the latest work by Vasily Aksenov "The mysterious passion. A novel about the sixties. " The film aroused great excitement, opinions on it were divided, but the fact that it produced a huge resonance is quite obvious.
The reason lies in both the ambiguity of the novel itself and in the director's reading of this work. The creators of the series tried in the first place to convey the atmosphere of that difficult time. The events that formed the basis of the creativity of the poets of the sixties formed their worldview and served as the basis for bright and inconvenient for the ruling power actions. All the characters and the author himself gave out pseudonyms, under which the real prototypes are easily guessed. It was also important for the filmmakers to achieve a portrait resemblance to the famous sixties.
An interesting cast, engaged in filming the film. In the frame appear both universally recognized meters, and little-known and novice actors.
Alexei Morozov - Vasily Aksyonov
The prototype of Vasily Aksenov Vaxon himself was played by two actors - Leonid Kulagin and Alexei Morozov.
It should be noted that the introduction of the author directly into the action of the film and the incredible portrait resemblance of Leonid Kulagin with the writer, which could not be overlooked by the now living contemporaries of Aksenov, was a very successful move by the film's director Vlad Furman.
Chulpan Khamatova - Bella Akhmadulina
Incredibly organic and easily recognizable Chulpan Khamatova as Nella Ahho (Bella Akhmadullina).
The actress was personally acquainted with the poetess, admired her creativity and with great joy accepted the director's proposal to appear in the film.
Alexander Ilyin - Robert Rozhdestvensky
The role of Robert R. (Robert Rozhdestvensky) was a great success for Alexander Ilyin, a talented continuer of the Ilyins' acting dynasty, previously more known to everyone as an intern Lobanov from the popular sketch.
Evgeny Pavlov - Andrei Voznesensky
Amazing exterior resemblance to his character of the novice actor of the theater "Contemporary" Eugene Pavlov, who played the prototype of Andrei Voznesensky.
Philip Jankowski - Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Performed by Philip Jankowski, the role of Ian Tushevsky (Yevgeny Yevtushenko) was highly appreciated by the poet himself, although he was offended by some distortion of the real facts admitted by the director.
Sergei Bezrukov - Vladimir Vysotsky
Vlad Vertikalov (Vladimir Vysotsky) Sergey Bezrukov played again.
This time there was no complicated silicone make-up, and the actor also had an opportunity to perform bard songs with his own voice.
Sofya Zaika - Marina Vladi
She perfectly coped with the role of the Frenchwoman Marie Eugène (Marina Vlady), the young wife of the producer of the series Konstantin Ernst, the beginning actress Sofya Zaika.
Alexey Agopyan - Bulat Okudzhava
It was unexpected to see a comedian from the "Mask-show" and "The Quagmire" Alexei Agopyan in the serious dramatic role of Bulat Okudzhava.
Arthur Beschastny - Joseph Brodsky
No less surprising was to see the former participant of the scandalous teleproject "House-2" Arthur Beschastny as the deep odious poet Joseph Brodsky.
Here is a wide range of talents presented to the viewer of the creators of the new series "The Mysterious Passion", which you can already watch online on the Internet.
And do you think all the actors managed to reincarnate in the legendary sixties?