“Fantomas” began in Novocherkassk – BBC

Shooting in Novocherkassk and the creation of a gang of tech-savvy brothers Tolstopyatov – First Channel starts showing the series “Once in Rostov».

Vyacheslav Tolstopyatov (Vladimir Vdovichenkov) working as an artist in the Rostov theater, loves a girl Nina (Catherine Olkina) and draws it on the poster for each film. Vyacheslav brother Vladimir (Viktor Rakov) does not believe that an educated student may experience some feelings of the poor laborer. Vyacheslav, by contrast, is full of optimism, and a chronic lack of money solves the problem of counterfeiting workshops, but indistinguishable from the real bills. To finally talk with Nina, went to Novocherkassk to his parents, he goes after her.

In the courtyard in May 1962, and in Novocherkassk unrest: the workers are outraged rising food prices and declining prices for their work.

And just when Vyacheslav Nina is going to tell about their feelings, there is a social explosion: a huge crowd came to the building where sits the local authorities who do not like what is happening on the street Russian revolt, but to calm protesters city leaders can not. Comes to the aid of the army, heard shots, first in air and then in humans, there are dead and wounded. Was killed by a random bullet younger brother Nina arrested her father, a factory foreman Peter Dementevich (Bogdan Stupka). And Vyacheslav decides that Nina is in love with Captain Paul CID (Kirill Pletnev) and taken revenge all law enforcement officers – and for his unfulfilled love, and for the execution of ordinary workers.

Serial movie “Once in Rostov”, the show that started this week the first channel in the first two episodes reconstructs the events of early June 1962 in Novocherkassk. The series was made by producer Sergei Zhigunov (he starred in a leading role), and was directed by Konstantin Khudyakov (“Ivantsov, Petrov, Sidorov ’1978 film adaptation of the novel by Dina Rubina” On Upper Scissors “in 2004).

He was ready to “Once in Rostov” three years ago, in the spring of 2012, it even showed in Ukraine on “Inter».

Honored actor Bohdan Stupka, who fell ill during the shooting of this film, caught the Ukrainian prime minister; he died in the summer of 2012, and his latest work in Russian cinema, viewers will see just now.

The tragedy in Novocherkassk recreated in the series is very meticulous. In the picture, there are many historical personalities of the time – came on the scene Politburo member Anastas Mikoyan, the commander of the North Caucasus Military District General Issa Pliev, who ordered the use of live ammunition, General Matvei Shaposhnikov, who refused to submit to the rebel tanks. Real figures and leaders of the city, which could not agree with his countrymen.

During the shooting of the show killed children who watched the confrontation in the city committee of the trees – the official version, the victims were adults only; By the way, one of the witnesses of the tragedy and was 12-year-old Alexander Lebed, the future general and governor of Krasnoyarsk region. A reason for the strike on the local electric locomotive plant began working poverty, the recent currency reform, lack of food and other goods and general indifference to the needs of the powers of ordinary people.

But the shooting of workers in Novocherkassk only tie the main plot of the film, after which the authors promise to go to the gang brothers Tolstopyatov, one of the most dangerous in the history of the Soviet Union.

In the real history of their shares for several years and they have nothing to do with each other. Thus, criminal activity Vyacheslav began a teenager, during the strike of workers have already served time for making counterfeit money, freedom came in the mid-1960s, and the first crime committed by bandits in 1968. Incidentally, they were not only dangerous, but also technically literate thanks to the talent and younger brother were armed with a good homemade weapons;

criminals went on a robbery in disguise of women’s stockings, for which he earned the nickname Fantomas.

However, a mixture of ages is not too confusing authors series. They allow other liberties; so, Vyacheslav, who in 1962 was 22, playing 44-year-old Vdovichenko and unrequited love, obviously, need to create additional tension between the gunman and confront him operative.

Of course, the real story Tolstopyatov already dismantled in several investigations documentaries like “The investigation is conducted …” or “Legends of Soviet spying” and have nothing to add to that. Kinda different.

Russian filmmakers for many years exploring the phenomenon of Khrushchev’s “thaw”, but make it so broad strokes that understand that era on the basis of only one film can not be.

In the series “Furtseva. Legend of Catherine “we are talking about the general cultural life of the Soviet Union, in the film” and joined them Shepilov “- about the perturbations at the top of the then powerful Olympus. Part of the series refers to the more narrow topics, but they are not without signs of the times; so “Mosgaz” begins with a visit to the exhibition of avant-garde Khrushchev in the Arena. There was also a “Thaw” Valeri Todorovski, which focused on those who make movies, but managed to pass thirst for freedom, which then hovered in society.

A recent “fartsa” told how, in the early 1960s, it was possible to earn a lot of money quickly.

In this series “Once in Rostov” is in its place: the series adds another touch, let a little confused and requires familiarity with the historical literature to eliminate fantasy writers, the painting of the time. And this bar needs at least to understand the history of the 1960s were made not only in Moscow but also, for example, in Novocherkassk.