The fashion for Gypsy melodramas has been going on for decades: first there was Esenia, then Tabor Going to Heaven, and in the 2000s Carmelita. The theme of the gypsy girl’s unlucky love was also decided by the creators of the film “If You Are Not With Me”. The actors once again played the well-known plot on the screens. What are the obstacles to happiness faced by the heroine of the melodrama Igor Muzhuzhukhin?
“If You Are Not With Me”: actors. Cecil Sverdlova as Zarina
The main character of Igor Muzhuzhukhin’s melodrama is gypsy Zarina. She is young and charming, any gypsy from the camp is ready to marry her. But Zarina reciprocates no one. If anyone tries to put pressure on her, he gives a worthy rebuff.
Once a girl meets a Moscow doctor of Slavic origin and falls in love. The couple sees only one way out of this situation - Zarina decides to escape with Moscow to Moscow. This is how the plot of the film “If You Are Not With Me” begins.
Actors Cecil Sverdlova and Mikhail Pshenichny played those same lovers. For Cecile, the image of Zarina was already the third leading role in the movie. Prior to this, the girl played the central characters in the series “The Rosehip Aroma” and “New Year's Marriage”.
Cecile does not specify who she is by nationality. However, a girl was born in France, so she bears such an unusual name. Only in adolescence did Sverdlova return with her parents to her historical homeland. Since 2004, the actress has been actively acting in films.
“If You Are Not With Me”: actors and roles. Mikhail Pshenichny as Alexei Sedov
Mikhail Pshenichny is a native of the city of Kiev. In the capital of Ukraine, he graduated from the profile University. Karpenko-Kary and served for several years in a drama theater located on the left bank of the Dnieper.
In the movie, Pshenichny began acting in 2007. At first, these were episodic roles in Ukrainian projects. Then Mikhail began to win roles in Russian TV series like The Return of Mukhtar or Kostoprava. The first main thing for the performer was the role of Max in the melodrama "Pandora's Box". In 2013, Pshenichny was invited to play a major role in the project “If You Are Not With Me”.
Actors Pshenichny and Sverdlova embodied on the screen the image of passionately in love young people who are ready for the sake of a relationship to go against the traditions of their peoples. In the final of the picture, Alexey and Zarina manage to convince everyone of the sincerity of their feelings and win the right to a wedding and a life together.
Ekaterina Pearl in the role of Shanita
The actors of the film “If You Are Not With Me” for the most part are not gypsies by nationality. But Catherine the Pearl is an exception.
The actress has been serving in the troupe of the Gypsy Theater "Romen" for many years. The woman has been acting in films since 1970. The most famous films with her participation are Eternal Call, Tabor Goes to Heaven, Carnival and Queen Margot.
In 2005, Pearl appeared on the screens in the image of Daddy in the soap opera “The Talisman of Love”. And in 2009, the artist of the "Romen" theater was invited to continue the "Carmelites" to the role of the witch Rosa.
In the melodramatic series of Igor Muzhuzhukhin, Ekaterina Zhemchuzhnaya played Zarina's grandmother.
Other role performers
In the film “If You Are Not With Me,” the role of the gypsy baron was given to Sergey Erdenko, an actor of the Romen Theater. The performer can also be seen in the tapes “Shell” and “Gypsy Aza”. He also wrote music for the project of Igor Muzhuzhukhin.
The role of an unprincipled and arrogant businessman went to Sergei Komarov (“The Shuttles”). According to the plot, his hero imposes his feelings on Zarina, so conflicts constantly arise between them.
The son of a gypsy baron, who is also crazy about a beautiful gypsy, was played by Alexei Nesterenko ("Princess from the North"). Also in the picture you can see Larisa Luzhin (“Smile of Fate”), Ilya Alekseev (“Sorry”) and Vladimir Korenev (“Orlova and Aleksandrov”).