In 2015, the third directorial work of Alexander Ustyugov - the series "Plague" - was released. The actors in this film played the famous. Reviews of the film by Ustyugov, in which, by the way, he played the role of the main negative character, are mostly positive. What is this movie about? Who played in the series "Plague"? Actors, heroes and plot are presented in the article.
Plot
The film takes place in the nineties in St. Petersburg. The main character is Aleksey Chumov, a senior police lieutenant, whom colleagues and representatives of the criminal world not only because of their surname, but also because of their restless temper were nicknamed Plague. Actor S. Zharkov played this role.
During one of the operations, a colleague of Chumov is killed. This is no coincidence. The operation is designed, it would seem, perfectly. Chumov and his assistants must detain two criminals, and they almost succeed. However, at the last moment a third party appears, the presence of which the police could not predict.
Mikhail Tabakov was a casual witness of the battle between the criminal and the young detective Poroshin. Criminal talent and amazing intuition prompted Tabakov that intervening in this incident would decide his future fate. He was not mistaken.
Tabakov kills Poroshin and helps the criminal escape from the police. Thus, he enters into confidence in the main criminal authority - Fomich. This is another pretty interesting and colorful character in the series "Plague". The actor who played him is described below.
Tabakov recently left prison. Little is known about his past. But soon Tabaku, namely under this nickname, he becomes known in the criminal world, manages to make a rather successful criminal career. And although Fomich does not sympathize with his new assistant, trusts him control over his casino.
There are a lot of characters in the series. The film consists of 25 episodes. According to some viewers, the plot is somewhat stretched. Nevertheless, as mentioned above, the reviews about the series are mostly positive.
Actors and roles
Alexander Ustyugov played in this film the main criminal, who later headed the criminal structure of St. Petersburg. The role of Fomich was played by Yuri Belyaev. Boris Shcherbakov played the colonel of police, the chief of Chumov.
The main female role was played by Ekaterina Klimova. The actress played Matilda (Vika Matileva), the lover of the hero Belyaev, who is not indifferent to Tabakov. In one of the last episodes, Mikhail kills a girl. It is worth saying that the hero of Ustyugov is quite bloodthirsty and cruel. In this role, he is unusual for the audience, but the actor played the role of a villain, according to fans of domestic TV shows, excellent.
Pavel Grigoryev, Natalya Danilova, Svetlana Smirnova-Martsinkevich, Julia Galkina, Andrei Urgant, Andrei Gorbachev also played in the film.
Alexander Ustyugov
The actor was born in 1976. His childhood and youth passed in a small town of Pavlodar region. Ustyugov graduated from vocational school, then went to Omsk, where he continued his education at the Academy of Railways. For several years he worked as a lighter in the local youth theater. And in 1996 he entered the College of Culture and Art, after which he went to the capital.
The actor made his film debut in 2003. The greatest fame brought him a role in the series "Cop Wars". "State Defense" - the first directorial work of Alexander Ustyugov. Plague is a project created jointly with Alexei Kozlov. Ustyugov played in such films as “Adjutants of Love”, “Countdown”, “Fathers and Sons”, “Sunstroke”.
Sergey Zharkov
In the filmography of this actor more than 70 roles. In the movie, Sergey Zharkov made his debut in 2001, in the movie "Detective with a bad character." Two years later, he played the main role in the film "Firebighters". The actor also played in the films “Death of the Empire”, “Primadonna”, “Outpost”, “Brothers Karamazov”, “Sorcerer”, “Only about love”.
Yuri Belyaev
In the series "Plague", the actor played the role of a bandit, but in some way noble. Fomich is a criminal authority living “according to concepts” and never deviating from them. In contrast, for example, from the hero of Ustyugov. The filmography of Yuri Belyaev has many interesting and contradictory film images.
The future actor was born in 1947 in the Omsk region. After leaving school, he worked as a loader, a janitor, and a worker at the factory. I tried to enter the Shchukin school several times. The fourth attempt was successful. After graduation, the young actor was accepted into the troupe of the Taganka Theater, where he served 35 years.
Belyaev made his film debut in 1979. His heroes are, as a rule, tough, courageous people, often military. He played in the films "Descended from Heaven", "Once Lied", "Regicide", "Thief" and many others. Yuri Belyaev - winner of many film awards, in 1995 he received the title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.