In 2010, Russian film enthusiasts were surprised by the domestic fantasy thriller Dark World, shot by Anton Megerdichev. Three years later, the sequel came out on the screens - “The Dark World: Balance”, on which another film crew and another cast worked. Was the second “Dark World” surprised by the audience, the actors and the roles they played?
A brief plot of the film
In the new film “The Dark World”, the actors and roles echoed weakly with the previous picture, but the plot remained sharp and fascinating.
Student Dasha, who lives in Moscow, suddenly discovers the ability to see otherworldly parasitic creatures that drain energy from ordinary people. Moreover, she gets to know people from a special service dedicated to catching energy vampires and sending them back to the Dark World. Dasha joins the company and begins to hunt for "parasites."
Meanwhile, in another country, the black magician Alexander is planning to open a magical portal and flood the human world with shadows. By a sudden coincidence, Dasha is the only one who can interfere with him. After going through a series of tests, the young shadow hunter manages to upset the villain's plans.
The Dark World: Balance: A History of Creation
The script for the new project was written by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko, who worked on the script of the previous film. It was originally planned to create a prequel to the “Dark World” by Anton Megerdichev, but in the process a completely separate story appeared with new characters.
The project was directed by Oleg Asadulin (t / s “Closed School”), and the producer was Natalia Klibanova (“Pickup: Eat Without Rules”).
Filming lasted 118 days, in parallel with the full-length film, a 12-episode version of the picture was created, shown a little later on STS.
All episodes were shot in Moscow and Moscow region. Scenes in the legendary RSU were shot on the territory of the Moscow Power Engineering Institute, RSUH and MSTU named after N. E. Bauman.
The film "The Dark World", the actors and roles played by young talents, did not have much success with the public. The film did not pay off at the box office: with a five-million-dollar budget, only two million dollars were earned at the screening of the picture.
The Dark World: actors and roles
The main roles in the project were played by young stars of Russian cinema - Maria Pirogova (t / c "Interns") and Pavel Priluchny (film "At the Game"). Also involved in the picture:
- Makar Zaporizhia (film "1612: Chronicles of the Time of Troubles");
- Valeria Lanskaya (film "Tariff" New Year "");
- Evgenia Brik (film "Vise");
- Alexander Ratnikov (t / s “Doctor Tyrsa) and others.
Maria Pirogova and her character Dasha
It was not easy to get into the project “Dark World”: actors and roles - photos of performers eloquently talk about it - were selected and created with special care. Maria Pirogova, who played Dasha, competed with sixty applicants and won.
The young actress is known for her film works in the series "Univer" and "Interns." Participating in the Dark World has proven to be a daunting task. For example, shooting underwater scenes with the actress dragged on for as long as 10 hours, and all this time Mary had to be in the water.
But in any case, the role of Daria, who fearlessly fights with energy vampires, replenished the piggy bank of various characters played by the actress, and had a positive impact on the career of Maria Pirogova. The film "Dark World" consolidated the success of the actress in Russian cinema - almost every year a new project with her participation is released.
It was assumed that the plot of the sequel “The Dark World”, actors and roles (2013), as well as other components of the project will seriously captivate the audience. But, unfortunately, "Dark World-2" failed at the box office and did not overtake Anton Megerdichev's film in popularity.