The actors "Border. Taiga Novel »: characters and performers of roles

At the end of 2000, lovers of "soulful" cinema every evening clung to TV screens to follow the development of the fascinating plot of the serial film "Border. The taiga novel. " What was the show shot and why was it so successful?

The series "Border. Taiga novel ": a short story

The plot of the movie revolves around the classic love triangle.

Captain Nikita Goloshchekin (Alexei Guskov) lives with his wife (Olga Budina) in the garrison town in the Far East. He is a strong-willed and ambitious man, so the existence only for a salary is not an option for him. Nikita contacts smugglers and, for a fee, helps them to smuggle drugs across the border.

Goloshchekin used to win, but in his personal life he crashes: his wife Marina absolutely does not have any feelings for him, moreover, she preferred a young lieutenant Ivan (Marat Basharov) to a successful officer. In a rage Goloschekin makes several attempts to kill an opponent, as a result of which he himself dies.

The film "Border. Taiga Novel "concerns the fate of many garrison residents, but the central melodramatic line remains the relationship between Marina and Ivan.

The creators of the film

The series "Border. The taiga novel "was very popular with viewers, thanks in large part to the talented staging work and the fascinating scenario.

The director of the picture - Alexander Mitta - is known for his works "My friend, Kolka!", "Call, open the door" and "Burn, burn, my star". Mitta became the winner of the State Prize of the Russian Federation for the film "Border. The taiga novel. " How many episodes did the director need to tell an entertaining story about the life of the garrison town? Only eight, and the total duration of the assembled material was 450 minutes.

The author of the script was Zoya Kudrya, who later wrote scripts for such famous films as "Admiral" and "Liquidation". The operator of the picture was Sergei Astakhov (participated in the projects "Brother 1, 2" A. Balabanov), and the musical accompaniment worked Maxim Dunaevsky and Igor Matvienko.

Finally, the producers were such well-known personalities as Anatoly Maksimov and Konstantin Ernst, who together podjusirovali "Night Watch", "Plot" and many other films.

Alexei Guskov in the role of Nikita Goloshchekin

In the project of Alexander Mitta mostly young, little-known actors came. "Border. Taiga novel "for Alexei Guskov also became the fifteenth in a row - the actor has been acting in films since 1985.

Guskov has a "characteristic" appearance: dark little eyes, sharp features, low voice. Maybe that's why the overwhelming majority of directors offer the actor the role of scoundrels and criminals. "Border. The taiga novel "is no exception: Guskov got a sharply negative character.

Among the merits of Nikita Goloshchekin can be noted unless decisiveness, dedication and unbending will. But even these character traits are hypertrophied by the officer Goloshchekin: he's not just tough, he's really cruel. His love for his wife is reduced only to the desire to completely subordinate and use the woman as a thing when he only likes. Nikita also does not fuss with his rivals for long: he eliminates them not even by meanness - to kill for him in the order of things. This arrogance and played with Goloshchekin evil joke - the attempt of another murder ends with his own death.

Marat Basharov and his character Ivan Stolbov

For each role, the director of the project carefully selected the most suitable actors. "Border. The taiga novel "became for Marat Basharov the seventh film in which he took part. Basharov's role was already the role of Polievsky in The Barber of Siberia, Zvorygin in Voroshilov's Arrow, but the TV series "The Taiga Novel" cemented the actor's fame for the true romance and ladies' character: throughout the film, viewers watched as his young and passionate The character does not back down from his beloved woman, despite the dangerous opponent and all the attendant complications.

Ivan Stolbov first meets Marina in the medical unit after the accident that happened to him. He fell in love with a nurse who took care of him - a classic of the genre. Only now the romantic Ivan did not expect that for this he could pay with his life.

Olga Budina as Marina

The film "Border. The taiga novel "is one of the first to bring Olga Budina the main role. It was after this picture that a young and attractive actress began to receive offers to participate in the best film projects of 2000: "Empire under attack", "Bayazet", "Idiot", etc.

Tender and incredibly feminine, she looked best in the frame in the role of Marina's caring nurse. Goloshchekina - the exact opposite of her husband - admits in one episode that she married him, yielding to an incredible onslaught on his part. A soft woman could not resist the tough and determined Nikita. But when Marina meets Ivan, she makes her decision for the first time to fight for her happiness.

Other actors ("Border, Taiga Novel")

We listed the protagonists of the series. The project also involved subsequently become very popular actors. "Border. Taiga Novel "became an important milestone in the career of Elena Panova (" Fight with the Shadow "," Dark World "), Mikhail Efremov (Antikiller," Plot "), Renata Litvinova (" Goddess: How I Love "," The Black Room " ), Andrei Panin ("Driver for Faith", "Bastards"), Vladimir Simonov (Children of the Arbat, Dostoyevsky), Alexei Panin ("Payback for Love", "Moscow History"), etc.

Finally, the soundtrack to the film "Border. Taiga novel "- the song" You Carry Me, the River "- has repeatedly turned on many radio stations of the former CIS and entered the album of the group" Lube "" Come on ... ".