In 2014, the national series âWhile the Village Sleepsâ was released. The original name of this project is âCossacksâ. There is a misconception that Russia and Ukraine cannot make great films, especially TV shows. This is not so, recently a huge number of masterpieces of domestic cinema, worthy of the best praise, have been given the attention of viewers. The summary âWhile the Village is Sleeping,â which you can read in this article, will confirm this.
Throughout 270 episodes, viewers have the opportunity to observe a love triangle. Intrigue and conspiracy, love and tenderness, devotion and loyalty - you can become a participant in all this if you watch the movie "While the Village is Sleeping." The series touches the innermost strings of the soul. This melodrama will show how much love can be strong!
Who participated in the creation of the series "While the Village Sleeps"
âWhile the Village is Sleepingâ is a series that has been successful thanks to the excellent work of the crew. Screenwriters Tatyana Pavlovich and Natalya Kozlovskaya wrote a great script. Elena Tsyplakova, Bata Nedich and Alexander Mokhov are directors who breathed life into their work.
With knowledge of the matter, the creators of the series selected the cast for both the main roles and the secondary ones. Zoryana Marchenko,
Vyacheslav Drobinkov, Ekaterina Olkina - young artists who played the main characters of the love triangle that underlies the plot. Throughout the time when the series were being shot, they felt strong both professional and moral support from experienced actors with great experience, such as Alexander Mokhov, Dmitry
Nazarov, Vladimir Goryansky, Nataliya Sumskaya,
Olesya Zhurakovskaya. This list is far from complete, a large number of good artists are involved in the series.
Love triangle - the basis of the plot
Love, separation, betrayal, intrigue, the inevitability of fate - this is a summary. âWhile the Village Sleepsâ is a series that can be briefly described in that way. The plot is based on love relationships between three young people. Poor nobleman Stepan and daughter of impoverished parents Alain love each other without memory. The girlâs parents are on the verge of ruin, they want to marry her daughter to the rich, but old merchant Kolevanov, to somehow fix the deplorable situation of the family. Lovers run away from home to secretly get married and be together.
Marysya Sotnikova - one of the main characters
It would seem that the plot is simple - a guy with a girl ran away, got married and lived happily ever after! On this one could say goodbye to the viewer, but not so simple. In the village where the young people arrived, a young and wayward Cossack Marysia lives. A father pampers his daughter and does not refuse her anything since childhood. Stepan saves the girl from death, as a result of which he dooms himself to unbridled, borderless love from Marysi. She decided at all costs to marry Stepan on herself, declared a war in love, and in the war, as you know, all means are good, if only to win. So at least the stubborn Cossack thinks.
Will Stepan and Alena be able to protect their love and resist all the blows of fate, you can find out by watching the series "While the Village is Sleeping." You do not have to regret the time spent. The plot of the film constantly keeps the audience in suspense, each subsequent series is unpredictable.
Actors presented us with a real Cossack village
The film "While the Village is Sleeping", including its heroes, as well as the scenery, costumes - all this conveys to us the mores and moods of the time in which the events take place. It feels like we're really being transported to the Cossack village of the beginning of the last century. The summary âWhile the village is sleepingâ introduced us only to the main characters of this love story. Marysya, Stepan and Alena - all events revolve around them, both good and bad. But besides them, there are many more characters worthy of close attention.
Dmitry Nazarov and Alexander Mokhov played significant roles in the series
The merchant Kolevanov (A. Mokhov) plays an important role in this film. His character immediately seems negative to the audience, but if you take a closer look, he is not such a bad person.
Near him are two beautiful young girls. By marrying Olga, he will receive a rich inheritance. If she chooses Alena, she wonât get anything, not even her love, because the girl despises him. The merchant stops his choice at Alena, which means that for him love is more important than money. Positive or negative, this character will finally be revealed by the end of the film. Marysi's father (D. Nazarov) is also a notable personality. For him, the most important thing in life is the well-being of the family. He loves his sons, but his daughter is the meaning of life for him.
Actresses of the series "While the Village is Sleeping"
The female roles in the film were performed by very talented actresses, their work cannot be noted. Some of them had, to put it mildly, not easy on the set of âCossacksâ. For example, Ekaterina Olkina had to plunge headlong into the cold, badly smelling water of an abandoned pond. This was during the filming of the episode when her heroine was drowning. She was given a special suit for divers under the dress, but this did not save her from the terrible smell, and she had to plunge completely into the water. In another scene, Katya rushes in at a breakneck speed, she overturns, and only the high professionalism of the stuntman, who played the role of coachman, saved the actress from serious injuries.
Zoryana Marchenko had to learn horseback riding. This is also not as easy as it seems from the outside. In one of the scenes, Marysya knocks a hat off the servantâs head with a whip, does it as if she had been doing this all her life. Zoryana generally has many scenes throughout the film, including horse riding.
Actress Daria Egorova played the role of the rich heiress Olga Rogozhina. This is a very beautiful and kind girl, but she is very sick. Nevertheless, it is successful in men. The sons of Sotnik Fedor and Nikola âlost their headsâ because of love for her, Olga fell in love with the second. The merchant Kolevanov wants to marry her and even seeks consent at one time, he plans to get married only out of selfish motives. With whom the beauty decides to unite her fate, how the fate of Alena, Marysi will turn out, whether they will be able to maintain their love, how the fate of the beautiful Cossacks will turn out - the answers to all these questions will be gradually revealed with each new series of the series.
Episode 167, While the Village Sleeps
Of all the series in the series, some stand out and are remembered by something. For example, the series 167 âWhile the village is sleepingâ was remembered by the audience because it displays a lot of interesting events.
Stepan and Alena decide to talk with Ilya, but in vain, the guy does not make contact. Kolevanov in his repertoire, as always, can get out of any situation. Arriving at the inn, he stumbles upon Marysia and Ignatius, thanks to this meeting the merchant had to turn around. Karasik in Poland takes care of Grushenka, but all in vain, there is no reciprocity on her part. As you can see, there are enough events.
"Cossacks" through the eyes of the audience
Of course, he cannot completely retell and convey all the events and the whole atmosphere of the project, its summary. "While the village is sleeping," as mentioned earlier, consists of 270 episodes. Each of the viewers in their own way evaluates the events and characters of the film. One likes Marysya because she does not give up in any situation, stubbornly goes to her goal, without fearing either God or the Devil. Others condemn her and sympathize with the fate of Stepan and Alena. Everyone has their own opinion. The main thing is that the Cossacks project found its audience and did not make you bored while watching the series! The heroes of the series "While the Village Sleeps" worked hard and achieved success!