In everyday running and work, I so want to rest and relax, not to think about anything and not worry about nothing. An easy comedy series called “The Diary of Dr. Zaitseva. The actors in this serial film are well matched. Here you will meet the charming Elena Safonova, Alexander Feklistov, Alik Smekhova and others. We will tell you more about the series in this article.
TV Show General Information
“The Diary of Dr. Zaitseva” is a Russian comedy television series released by Sputnik Vostok Production and created under the direction of Bohr Dagtekin. Its premiere took place in January 2012 on the well-known and beloved by Russians channel "STS".
It is the Russian-language version of the Doctor's Diary series, popular in Germany - Männer sind die beste Medizin, which translates as “Doctor’s diary: men are the best medicine.”
The premiere of the second season, which was already an original author’s version of the film, started on November 26, 2012. And so the series “The Diary of Dr. Zaitseva” was filmed. The actors who played in it received wide acclaim, and some were even awarded prizes and awards. Read more about the serial film, the game of the actors, as well as what remains behind the scenes.
TV Show Brief
The main heroine of the series is the kind and charismatic Alexandra Zaitseva, she is Sasha and Zaychikha, dreaming of a big and bright love, of a happy marriage from the age of 13.
Later, she seemed to find this love, but on the eve of the wedding, the groom was unfaithful to her. Disappointed in men and experiencing enormous depression, the girl leaves her previous job and ends up in her father’s clinic. About the hardships of love, emotional experiences and other everyday trifles tells the television series "Diary of Dr. Zaitseva." Actors, directors, as well as other persons responsible for the filming process did everything possible so that the viewer could see all this on the screen.
In the clinic, the main character encounters Maxim Vladimirovich Mayorov - the object of her childhood love, which had never before noticed a girl, and sometimes even openly scoffed.
However, when she sees the heroine in a new role, Mayorov loses his head how this happens with the young and loving Pavel Anatolyevich Romanian, a promising gynecologist. By the way, the actors of the film “The Diary of Dr. Zaitseva” perfectly played, showing a standard love triangle.
In the series you will find easy and sparkling humor, curious situations, realistic problems, romance and love.
"The Diary of Dr. Zaitseva": actors (the role of Alexandra)
Yana Krainova is a charming blonde who played a major role in the television series. It was she who got the image to the extent of a well-fed and optimistic Zaychikha - a thirty-year-old head of the department of traumatology and orthopedics working with her father. Throughout the series, she is torn between work, family troubles and ardent sympathy for two men at once: Mayorov and Romanian.
Polina Vitorgan is a young and charismatic actress who played the role of young Alexandra Zaitseva in the first episodes of the multi-part film Doctor Zaitseva's Diary. The actors in this case were perfectly matched, as they managed to fully convey the inner world of Sasha’s eternally completing part in adolescence, and also point out the advantages and disadvantages of the emancipated and romantic adult Zaitseva.
More about the actress
Jana Sergeevna Krajnova - Latvian by origin. Born in September 1986. Since childhood, I wanted to be an actress, so from an early age I attended theater classes and studios. During this time, she managed to take part in such productions as “Three Sisters”, “Fools” and “Last”. At the beginning of 2009 she received a diploma of graduation from VGIK.
First starred in a movie in 2007. It was a debut and episodic role in the film "The Vanished Empire." Then there were small roles in the serial films “Interns,” “Gleams,” etc.
However, the actress gained wide popularity only after she played the role of Sasha in 2012 in the series "The Diary of Dr. Zaitseva." The actors and colleagues on the set, according to Yana, gave her comprehensive support, influenced the quality and realism of the game.
In 2013, Krainova visited Los Angeles, where she attended acting classes, receiving the coveted crust from the popular Hollywood coach Ivana Chubbak.
What did the actress do for the role?
For the sake of the role in the serial film, Yana Krainova had to repaint herself in the blonde and urgently gain eight extra pounds. However, in the second season she had to make a lot of efforts in order to dump them urgently. Here are the victims the doom of the series “Doctor Zaitseva’s Diary 2” was doomed to. The actors who participated in the second season, and their roles will be presented later.
Who played Maxim Mayorov in the series?
The thirty-one-year-old Maxim Mayorov - the head of the surgical department - was played by the charming Ilya Lyubimov. He got the role of a problematic, sweet, but often arrogant doctor who was never deprived of female attention. He was crazy about all the fairer sex, starting with nurses and ending with the head physician and patients.
In childhood, Maxim teased the main character, and later fell in love with her, became her husband and father of the child. Mayorov is a successful doctor who adores his profession. He often finds himself in unpleasant and curious situations, but sometimes he deserves respect. For example, in one of the episodes, when Sasha Zaitseva is abducted by malefactors, Maxim manifests himself as a brave and fearless knight. This is exactly how the series “The Diary of Dr. Zaitseva” presents us with this character. Actors and roles were carefully selected and worked out.
According to the directors, the casting was very tough, since they faced the main task - to find such actors who would have something in common with the characters acting in the film.
Actor Summary
Ilya Petrovich Lyubimov is a popular Russian actor who has a lot of experience and a lot of film works. He was born in late February 1977 in the center of Moscow. As a child, he was a gifted and quick-witted boy, so he graduated from an external school. When he was only 11 years old, his mother took the young Muscovite to the Theater. In early 1993, the aspiring actor passed the exams and entered the GITIS directing department.
Later he starred in such films and TV shows as School for Fools, Wedding, Unholy Saints, Garpagoniada and The Diary of Dr. Zaitseva. Actors from this series spoke of him as a sensitive and charismatic person. Although the directors themselves positioned him as an actor with a pronounced negative charm, therefore, they offered him the roles of villains and negative characters.
Mayorov’s character is a real mix between a good and a bad person, possessing both positive and very unattractive, negative qualities.
Other male roles in the series
In addition to Mayorov, there are other male characters in the series. For example, the most striking of them was Pavel Romanian, whose role went to the pretty and unperturbed Pavel Trubiner. This actor was born in November 1976. He received a diploma and graduated from GITIS in mid-1995.
At that time, Pavel could not even imagine that he would be accepted into the series “The Diary of Dr. Zaitsevoi.”
Actors and characters from theatrical scenes always deceived the future star. He liked how they convey the whole essence of the play or films, using only a certain intonation, facial expressions, as well as body language.
He received the first role in early 2005. At this time, he played in the series "Plus Infinity." However, he was really noticed after the role of a soldier from the special forces in the film "Shift", where he starred in 2006.
Trubiner came to fame after such films as “Island of Unnecessary People”, “Just Come Back”, “Private Order”, “Spa Romance”, “Natural Selection” and “The Diary of Dr. Zaitseva”. Actors and filming partners spoke of him as a man of his word. They appreciated his rigor, constancy and ability to keep any promises. The following actors also starred in the series:
- Alexander Feklistov ;
- Konstantin Soloviev;
- Alexey Demidov ;
- Maxim Radugin and others.
What actors played in the second part of the series “Diary of Dr. Zaitsevoi” are described below.
Actors of the second season of the series
In the second season of the series, you can see Sasha Zaitseva, Mayorov, Romanian, as well as Denis Davydov, played by Maxim Radugin, Roman Mendelevich (Konstantin Solovyov), Lev Rubtsov (Maxim Vitorgan), Margot Volgin (Alena Yakovleva) and others.
These are the actors and roles in the series “Diary of Dr. Zaitseva 2”.