The film " Features of National Politics " , the actors and roles of which are presented in this article, was released in 2003. The script for this comedy film is not based on real events, but some facts from the biography of a famous politician were used during its creation.
Famous character
The main character of the film, General Ivolgin, is known to Russian viewers for films about the peculiarities of national fishing, hunting, and the comedy Operation Happy New Year. But none of the paintings mention the type of troops to which it belongs. The fact that Ivolgin has the rank of lieutenant general, viewers know only from the comedy " Operation" Happy New Year " . "
Alexander Lebed is the prototype of the main character from the film " Features of National Politics. " The actor excellently managed to convey the facial expressions of a famous statesman. Many phrases uttered by Ivolgin went to the people. The general became an extremely popular character, however, like other characters in the film " Features of National Politics. " The actor who played him has long been associated with his colorful movie hero .
Plot
In this fun and topical film, viewers saw well-known characters, including the aforementioned general. Now Mikhalych decided to run for governor in order to serve his country in the public arena. The campaign headquarters of friends and like-minded people quickly achieved excellent results, making Ivolgin more than a real contender for victory.
Suddenly, the general gave birth to an unusual campaign strategy and an original program - inventive fishermen and hunters do not eat their ration for nothing. But competitors are not asleep, and to achieve the goal, from their point of view, all means are good. They are ready for anything in order to stop the " impudent army upstart " , it is unclear how it made its way into big politics.
FSB officers, bandits, communists, provocateurs, spies, secret agents are all involved in this election mess. They use different means, but the goal is the same - the "bread" position of the governor should not go to anyone. Mikhalych’s team confronts representatives of the traditional political and business elite. To Vesta they manage to prove that politics is " an unclean thing. "
Actors
When writing the script, fairly transparent analogies were used with the real figures of Russian politics, as well as genuine events of the pre-election races of the past were played out. And the actors in " Features of National Politics " were selected "with a hint ." After all, Buldakov, who played the role of a general, really resembles Aleksandr Lebed outwardly. However, perhaps it’s all about acting .
The film was shot by D. Meskhiev and Yu. Konopkin , script A. Rogozhkina. Cast: A. Buldakov (General Mikhalych), V. Bychkov (Kuzmich), S. Strugachev (Soloveichik), N. Usatova (Inna Usman), M. Porechenkov (bandit Vanya), K. Khabensky (Gosha), A. Polovtsev (Ilyusha), M. Trukhin (Lelya).
Alexey Buldakov
The actor was born in Altai, in the village of Makarovka, on March 26, 1951. Buldakov’s childhood passed in Pavlodar. In his youth, Alex was fond of different types of wrestling and boxing. In 1969 he graduated from the theater studio at the Pavlodar Drama Theater, while he worked at the local tractor factory. Fame came to the actor in the mid-nineties - after the role of General Ivolgin .
Semen Strugachev
The future actor was born in the village of Smidovich EAO on December 10, 1957. Among the ancestors has representatives of the Georgian nobility and mountain Jews. He was brought up in a boarding school, in childhood he became interested in theater, played in a drama club. In 1979, Strugachev graduated from the acting department at the local pedagogical institute. In 1988 he moved to Leningrad. He began acting in films in the nineties, rapidly gaining fame as a comedian. Films with the participation of this S. Strugachev: "Obsession", "Master and Margarita", "Deadly Force", "Death of an Empire", "Keeper", "Arrival of a Train".