The series "Once in Rostov": actors and roles

The series "Once in Rostov" today many viewers and filmmakers call one of the best multiseries films based on real events. This is not surprising, because in the shootings talented actors and director were involved, and the idea of the film belongs to Sergei Zhigunov.

The idea of creating a series

After the successful premiere and flattering reviews of the series "Liquidation", Sergei Zhigunov told one of the directors of NTV, Nikolai Kartozia, about his idea of creating a criminal picture based on real events, no less dramatic than in "Liquidation." So the process of creation of a criminal drama "Once in Rostov" began. Sergei Zhigunov, a native of Rostov-on-Don, heard this story from his father, also a native Rostov-on-Don. It was he who told Sergei about the shooting of protesters in Novocherkassk in 1962 and the activities of the gang of "fantomas". If the bandit group of the Tolstoyapatov brothers was known to many, the shooting of Novocherkassk residents, including children, was classified as "secret". Thus, the series "Once in Rostov" helped restore historical justice. In the process of filming in 2011, a memorial plaque was erected in this city in honor of those killed on that bloody day.

Director, screenwriter and producer of the film

The idea was grandiose, to adapt the idea to a full-fledged scenario offered Elena Raiska, and she coped well with this task. For the most part, the whole film is a real story, but some of the strokes are still artistic fiction. First of all, it was necessary to link the tragedy in Novocherkassk with the activities of the Tolstopyatov gang in the late 60s and early 70s. Some secondary characters are also fictional.

The director of the picture was megapopular Konstantin Khudyakov. As Sergey Zhigunov admitted, he had long wanted to work with this director, several times Konstantin refused the proposed scenarios, but this time he could not resist. After reading the script, Konstantin Khudyakov admitted that he had not seen such an interesting, yet real history for a long time. He considers the series himself not as a criminal of past years, but as a drama of the entire Soviet generation embodied in the life of characters. In addition, such an interesting story required maximum impact. It was thanks to the director that "Once in Rostov," the actors and roles of which became truly cult, became one of the most successful film products of the new millennium.

Sponsored the picture producer center Sergei Zhigunova. According to Sergei, the series "Once in Rostov" he considers one of the best in his career.

Plot

The series tells about the gang of "phantoms" in Rostov, robbing the state institution and holding the whole city in awe. Vyacheslav Tolstopyatov, witnessing the cruel execution of protesters in Novocherkassk in June 1962, completely rethinks his life and attitude to the state and the authorities as such. Being a man of genius, he and his brother organize a gang, which from 1968-1973 keeps the whole city in awe. On the impudent and ruthless crimes, the intertwining of fate and the capture of criminals tells the series.

Casting "Once in Rostov": actors and roles

No doubt, the success of the picture was ensured not only by the burning story, but also by a competently selected cast. The film attracted stars of Russian and Ukrainian cinema.

Even episodic lines were given maximum attention in the film "Once Upon a Time in Rostov". Actors and the role of the series are thought out so competently that even secondary heroes, such as the father of the main character, bear a huge semantic load.

The main storylines on the screen were embodied by such talented actors as Vladimir Vdovichenkov, who played Vyacheslav Tolstopyatova; Vladimir Rakov - Tolstopyatova's brother; Alena Babenko is Tamara, the wife of Vladimir Tolstopyatova. Law enforcement officers were played by: Sergei Zhigunov - officer Sergei Kolesnikov; Kirill Pletnev - the captain of the Criminal Investigation, Roman Florov - operative, Vladimir Yumatov - the head of the KGB department.

Also for the first time in the television series took part such cinema meters as Bogdan Stupka, Eugene Knyazev and Yury Belyaev.

Interesting facts from the filming of the series

The work on the film began in 2009, and ended only in 2011. Such a lengthy segment of the shooting process was due to the gunshot wound of one of the main actors - Vladimir Vdovichenkov.

The film was shot in Rostov, Mariupol, Sevastopol, Novocherkassk and Moscow.

The series consists of 24 series.

In the film "Once Upon a Time in Rostov," the actors and roles of which were not left indifferent by a single spectator, a huge number of people were involved.

Bogdan Stupka on the set of the picture felt ill and went to Germany for an operation. After a very complicated medical procedure, feeling very bad, the actor continued shooting.

Sergei Zhigunov several times refused the role, he persuaded the writer.

Vladimir Vdovichenkov said that in four years this is the first interesting scenario that fell into his hands.