"Seventeen Moments of Spring": actors and roles

"Seventeen Moments of Spring" is the Soviet classics of cinema. The film consists of twelve series. He was shot almost four years, and his show was timed to the Victory Day of 1973.

Plot

The picture is based on the novel by Julian Semenov. In the film "Seventeen Moments of Spring" actors embody both real historical characters, and fictional.

The action takes place during a month and a half in 1945. The protagonist is Standartenfiihrer Stirlitz, a Soviet intelligence officer who was deployed in the highest circles of the German government.

Some members of the Security Service have suspicions about Stirlitz, and he is followed by surveillance. At this time, the scout fulfills the task of the Soviet leadership, finding out who among the German leaders is negotiating with the US on reconciliation.

Radiks Shtirlits fall under fire in their own home. Erwin Keane dies on the spot, and his wife Katherine is taken to the hospital, where she begins to give birth. At this time she betrays herself. Being in unconsciousness, he screams in pain in Russian. She is immediately arrested.

Stirlitz is looking for other ways to convey information to Moscow. He also faces several important tasks: first, to evade suspicions, secondly, to complete the mission entrusted by the Soviet Union, and third, to save Catherine.

Casting

For the film "Seventeen Moments of Spring" the actors were selected very carefully. Despite the fact that most of the artists were already recognized masters, they passed tests on a par with everyone. So, L. Kuravlev and L. Broneva claimed the role of Hitler, but the samples did not pass.

As a result, the first played the role of Kurt Eismann, and the second - Gruppenfuhrer Müller. Hitler was played by the German actor Fritz Dietz.

Many actors of the film "Seventeen Moments of Spring" were not like their original characters. This, however, did not concern Oleg Tabakov, who was a copy of Walter Schellenberg. He even received a letter from the relatives of the German with gratitude for the role he played.

Faina Ranevskaya was invited to the role of Frau Zaurikh, who, after reading the script, refused with indignation.

Main roles

Most of our compatriots call the best military film "Seventeen Moments of Spring". Actors and their roles are so fond of the viewer that it is difficult to imagine the absence of this picture on television.

The main roles in the film were:

• Vyacheslav Tikhonov. His character Stirlitz is a Soviet intelligence agent operating in the rear of the enemy.
• Leonid Kuravlev. He played Aysman, who had long worked with Stirlitz hand in hand and did not even suspect that he was hiding something.
• Yuri Vizbor. His hero was Martin Bormann. The one to whom the scout is going for help.
• Nikolay Prokopovich. He played Himmler, who initiated negotiations with the United States.
• Mikhail Zharkovsky. His character Kaltenbrunner was the first to suspect Stirlitz of treason.
• Vasily Lanovoy. Played a parlementer in the negotiations of Karl Wolff.
• Ekaterina Gradova. Her heroine, radio operator Kat, almost killed Stirlitz.
• Leonid Bronevoi. He played the role of Mueller.
• Oleg Tabakov. His Schellenberg was the direct commander of a Russian scout. He owns one famous phrase, which has already become winged: "He knew too much."
• Rostislav Plyatt. Played the pastor Schlag, the new connected Stirlitz.
• Evgeny Evstigneev. His character, Pleischner, died while performing a reconnaissance mission.

In the film "Seventeen Moments of Spring" the actors were under the strict guidance of the director Tatyana Lioznova.

Secondary roles

It should be noted that the cast was quite large. In the film "Seventeen Moments of Spring" actors of even minor roles were recognizable and already loved in the country. Participation in such a large-scale project only improved their reputation. An example can serve as:

• Valentine Gaft. He played Gevernitsa, an employee of Dallas (negotiating with the United States).
• Nikolay Gritsenko. He played a general, with whom Stirlitz is talking on the train. An interesting fact is that during the filming the actor had memory problems, he could not remember his text. He read it from the sheet that was behind Stirlitz. Therefore, Gritsenko and Tikhonov are practically not visible in one shot.
• Lev Durov. I played an agent named Klaus.
• Svetlana Svetlichnaya. Gaby Nabel played.

The film "Seventeen Moments of Spring", the actors and roles in which were brilliant, became for the USSR and Russia a real classic of military cinema.