Soviet thriller "The Criminal Quartet": actors, roles, short story

In 1989, Alexander Muratov's militant "Criminal Quartet" appeared on Soviet screens. Actors V. Steklov, N. Karachentsov and B. Shcherbakov played the main roles in the film and it is quite convincing, because in 1990 the film won the audience prize at the French film festival in Cognac. What is the plot of the "Criminal Quartet" story about? And what did she like so much for a demanding European audience?

Creators and a short plot of the picture

The action of the film by Alexander Muratov unfolds in 1989, on the eve of the criminal revelry of the 90s. Criminal groups commit more and more insolent attacks and try to dictate their conditions not only to the police, but also to the authorities.

The investigator of the prosecutor's office, Semyon Portnov, does not succumb to threats from the criminals and refuses to return the confiscated looted goods to them. In revenge, the gang kidnaps the son of the protagonist. In this situation, Portnov can rely only on his closest friends, so he asks for help from comrades from the orphanage - police officers Marat and Peter, as well as journalist Nikolai Larin. Together they try to find the kidnapped boy as quickly as possible, clearly realizing that they will not let him go alive. This is the main storyline of the militant "The Criminal Quartet".

Actors and roles, an action scenario - in this film much intrigues, so he took a worthy place among other thrillers at the IFF in Cognac.

In addition to the film "The Criminal Quartet", director Alexander Muratov shot a military film "Moonsund" with Oleg Menshikov and the drama "The Contract of the Century" with Vladimir Gostyukhin.

Boris Giller wrote a script for the "Criminal Quartet." The operator on the set was Konstantin Ryzhov, who shot "The Horseman without a Head" and the tragicomedy "Zhenya, Zhenechka and Katyusha."

"Criminal Quartet": actors (1989). Vladimir Steklov as Semyon Taylor

Vladimir Steklov began to appear in film only after 30 years. Before that, he was known exclusively as a theater actor: he worked in Kineshma, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, and in 1981 in Moscow.

Vladimir Steklov has a rather tough manner of communication and courageous appearance, therefore in the cinema he usually plays either outright scoundrels, or extremely principled and unyielding champions of the law. The actor can be seen in such famous films as "Midshipmen, Forward!", "Thieves in the Law", "Prisoner of the Castle If", "Petersburg Secrets" and "DDD". Detective Dubrovsky's file. "

In the film "The Criminal Quartet", actors Nikolai Karachentsov and Vladimir Steklov collaborated in the frame for the first time. A little later they will meet on the set of the TV series "DDD". Detective Dubrovsky's file. "

Steklov in the thriller "Criminal Quartet" got the role of the main protagonist - investigator of the prosecutor's office, who did not go on a deal with criminals even when they kidnapped his child. Collecting the will into a fist, Semyon Portnoy connected to the investigation of his friends and left the fight with the criminals winner.

"Criminal Quartet": actors and the role of the Soviet film. Nikolay Karachentsov and his hero Marat

Nikolai Karachentsov is a well-known Soviet and Russian actor, who enjoyed great popularity in the late 70's - early 80's. In 1977, the artist appeared in the film "The Dog in the Manger" by Jan Fried, playing in a pair with Mikhail Boyarsky and Margarita Terekhova. A little later Karachentsov received the main role in the popular children's film "The Adventures of Electronics." Then there was work in the projects "Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson", "Donkey Skin", "Battalions ask for fire" and "Man from the Boulevard des Capucines."

In the "Criminal Quartet," Karachentsov appeared in the guise of police captain Marat Mukhanov, who at a difficult time came to help his friend and helped to rescue his son.

Boris Shcherbakov as Peter Sarayev

In the film "The Criminal Quartet" the actors Shcherbakov, Karachentsov, Steklov and Eremin appeared to the viewer as four such "musketeers" who defend their principles, not yielding to the pressure of the outside world. Boris Shcherbakov in this team took one of the key places, playing the police captain Petro Sarayev, who connected to the secret investigation of Seeds Taylor.

Boris Shcherbakov, a graduate of the Moscow Art Theater, in the 80's often appeared in criminal films and action films. He played a state security major in the spy picture "Without a limitation period", a truck driver in the action movie "Redemption", the husband of a dissolute beauty, consisting of a gang, in the drama "Thieves in the Law".

Nowadays, the actor continues to act actively not only in full-length films, but also in television series.

Other performers of roles

Other well-known faces also lit up in the frame of the thriller "The Criminal Quartet." Actor Vladimir Eremin, known for the films "Moonsund", "Afghan Break" and "Princess on Beans", played the journalist Nikolai Larin - the third bosom friend of Semyon Portnoy.

Actress Nele Savichenko-Klimene ("Stolen Happiness") was given the role of the mother of the kidnapped child and the former wife of the tailor. But the role of the little Anton Tailor went to Ivan Muradkhanov, who later graduated from GITIS and became a professional actor.