Soviet action movie “The Quartet of Quartet”: actors, roles, short story

In 1989, Alexander Muratov’s criminal quartet appeared on Soviet screens. Actors V. Steklov, N. Karachentsov and B. Shcherbakov played the main roles in the film and quite convincingly, since in 1990 the film won the audience award at the French Cognac Film Festival. What is the plot of the Criminal Quartet tape about? And what did she like so much for the demanding European audience?

The creators and the short plot of the picture

The action of the film of Alexander Muratov takes place in 1989, on the eve of the criminal rampant of the 90s. Criminal groups are committing increasingly impudent raids and trying to dictate their terms not only to the police, but also to the authorities.

The prosecutor’s investigator Simon Portnov does not succumb to threats from criminals and refuses to return confiscated looted goods to them. In retaliation, the gang abducts the son of the protagonist. In such a situation, Portnov can only rely on his closest friends, so he asks for help from comrades from the orphanage - police officers Marat and Peter, as well as journalist Nikolai Larin. Together they try to find the kidnapped boy as soon as possible, clearly realizing that they will not let him go alive. This is the main storyline of the action movie "The Criminal Quartet."

Actors and roles, action-packed script - this film is intriguing, so it took its rightful place among other thrillers at the IFF in Cognac.

In addition to the film “The Criminal Quartet,” director Alexander Muratov shot the military film “Moonzund” with Oleg Menshikov and the drama “Contract of the Century” with Vladimir Gostyukhin.

The script for the Crime Quartet was written by Boris Giller. The operator on the set was Konstantin Ryzhov, who shot The Headless Horseman and the tragicomedy Zhenya, Zhenechka and Katyusha.

The Criminal Quartet: actors (1989). Vladimir Steklov as Semyon Portnoy

Vladimir Steklov began acting in films only after 30 years. Prior to that, he was known exclusively as a theatrical actor: he worked in Kineshma, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, since 1981 - in Moscow.

Vladimir Steklov has a rather harsh manner of communication and courageous appearance, so in the movies he usually plays either notorious villains, or extremely principled and unyielding advocates of the law. The artist can be seen in such famous films as “Midshipmen, Forward!”, “Thieves in Law”, “Prisoner of If Castle”, “Petersburg Secrets” and “D.D. Dossier of Detective Dubrovsky. ”

In the film “The Criminal Quartet,” actors Nikolai Karachentsov and Vladimir Steklov collaborated in the frame for the first time. A little later they will meet on the set of the series “D.D. Dossier of Detective Dubrovsky. ”

Steklov in the action movie "The Criminal Quartet" got the role of the main protagonist - the investigator of the prosecutor's office, who did not make a deal with the criminals even when they abducted his child. Gathering his will into a fist, Semyon Portnoy connected his friends to the investigation and left the fight with criminals as a winner.

Criminal Quartet: actors and roles of the Soviet film. Nikolai Karachentsov and his hero Marat

Nikolai Karachentsov is a famous Soviet and Russian actor who was especially popular in the late 70s and early 80s. In 1977, the artist appeared in the film "Dog in the Hay" by Jan Frid, playing in tandem with Mikhail Boyarsky and Margarita Terekhova. A little later, Karachentsov got the main role in the popular children's film "The Adventures of Electronics." Then there was work on the projects Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, Donkey's Skin, Battalions Ask for Fire, and Man from the Capuchin Boulevard.

In the Criminal Quartet, Karachentsov appeared in the guise of police captain Marat Mukhanov, who at a difficult moment came to the aid of his friend and helped rescue his son.

Boris Scherbakov as Peter Saraev

In the film “Criminal Quartet”, actors Shcherbakov, Karachentsov, Steklov and Eremin appeared before the audience as some kind of 4 “musketeers” who defend their principles, not inferior to the pressure of the outside world. Boris Shcherbakov in this team took one of the key places, playing police captain Pyotr Sarayev, who joined the secret investigation of Semyon Portny.

Boris Shcherbakov, a graduate of the Moscow Art Theater, often appeared in crime films and action films in the 80s. He played the major of state security in the spy film “Without Statute of Limitations”, the truck driver in the action movie “Ransom”, the husband of the dissolute beauty, a member of the gang, in the drama “Thieves in Law”.

Nowadays, the actor continues to act in films not only in feature films, but also in television series.

Other role performers

Other famous people also appeared in the frame of the action movie "The Quartet of Quartets." Actor Vladimir Eremin, known for the films "Moonzund", "Afghan Break" and "Princess on the Beans", played the journalist Nikolai Larin - the third bosom friend of Simon Portnoy.

Actress Nele Savichenko-Klimene ("Stolen Happiness") received the role of the mother of the abducted child and the ex-wife of investigator Portnoy. But the role of little Anton Portnoy went to Ivan Muradkhanov, who later graduated from GITiS and became a professional actor.