In 2013, the Russia-1 channel premiered a melodrama in which famous television actors starred. The Cure Against Fear is a story about how the main character is fanatically devoted to his work and ready for anything for it. Will the military surgeon Kovalev be able to cope with the trials that fell to his lot, and who will help him in this?
A brief plot and the creators of the series
The series “Cure Against Fear” (2013) tells about the fate of military surgeon Andrei Kovalev. Kovalev is selflessly devoted to his work. He traveled many hot spots, saved dozens, if not hundreds of lives. But in an instant, his whole habitual life turned upside down.
Under mysterious circumstances, a close friend of the protagonist dies. Andrei is shell-shocked, and the medical commission forbids him from practicing for a while. Kovalev strikes into teaching, but the death of a friend does not give him rest. In addition, he wants to return to surgery, but a treacherous tremor in his hands makes this impossible. At the time of despair, Kovalev agrees to test the prohibited drug, which supposedly will help him return to his former form. Only the price of all this is a terrible dependence on the drug, which still needs to be found within itself to cope with. In this protagonist will help loyal cadet trainees and beloved Rita Shagrai.
The film was shot with the support of the Russia-1 television channel and was first shown on May 20, 2013. The project was directed by Alexander Aravin, who also worked on the drawings "The Draw" and "Piranha".
The series “Cure Against Fear”: actors and roles. Alexander Lazarev as a military surgeon Kovalev
Alexander Lazarev Jr. is the son of the famous Soviet artist Alexander Lazarev , who played in the films “Going through the agony” and “Take care of men”.
Lazarev Jr. was born in 1967. At the age of 12 he already made his debut on the stage of the theater named after Vl. Mayakovsky, playing a small role in the play "Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk". After the army, the future artist graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School and began acting in episodic films. However, in order not to be compared with his father, the young Lazarev used the pseudonym A. Trubetskoy.
Only in the 90s Lazarev began to use her true surname. In the 93rd he received his first major role (cinema performance "Provincial Benefit"). Since then, Alexander Lazarev has played in many worthy films: “Secrets of Palace Revolutions” by S. Druzhinina, “Idiot” by Vladimir Bortko, “Admiral” by Andrey Kravchuk. In 2009, Lazarev got the main role in the comedy "Artifact", which also starred Anastasia Zavorotnyuk, Valery Nikolaev, Garik "Bulldog" Kharlamov and other famous actors.
“The medicine against fear” is another serial work of Lazarev. Also, the films “Zemsky Doctor”, “Life and Adventures of the Bear Jap”, “Catherine” can be attributed to the artist’s best television works.
The Cure Against Fear: Actors (2013). Elvira Bolgova as Rita Shagray
Elvira Bolgova, a graduate of the school. Shchepkina, appeared on the screens in the mid-90s. In 98th, the actress received her first major role in the melodrama Tests for Real Men, where Alexey Serebryakov and Anna Kamenkova starred with her. After that, they often entrusted Elvira with the roles of central characters: she played those in the melodramas “Times Don't Choose”, “Time Is Money”, “Desired” and others.
Interesting heroines went to Bolgova in the famous films “Pechorin. The hero of our time ”,“ Young Wolfhound ”and“ Officers ”. In 2008, Elvira played Laura in Street Racers, where Marina Alexandrova,
Aleksey Chadov and other famous actors also starred.
“Medicine against fear” is a film in which the actress got the role of the beloved surgeon Kovalyov. In their relationship, everything was far from simple, especially considering the fact that it was Shagray who worked for Medolek, a company that produced dangerous drugs.
Dmitry Ulyanov in the role of Lagodin
The list of famous artists who took part in the filming of the series did not end on the mentioned names. There were other actors. The “Cure Against Fear”, for example, was included in the filmography of Dmitry Ulyanov, an artist of the E. Vakhtangov Theater. Ulyanov acted as a "demon tempter". It was his hero who persuaded the surgeon Kovalev to "get hooked" on dangerous pills. And, of course, Cyril Lagodin did this not without taking into account his own benefit.
Dmitry Ulyanov began his career in such famous projects as “Border. Taiga novel ”,“ Turkish March ”and“ Death of the Empire ”. Subsequently, the artist played many major roles in the films "St. John's Wort", "Little Moscow", "Riorita", "Milkmaid from Khatsapetovka. Challenge to fate ”,“ Island of unnecessary people. ”
Other role performers
In the “Cure Against Fear” roles were also found for aspiring artists. Timofei Karataev (“My beloved dad”), Robert Studenovsky (“Cop Wars”), Evgeny Slavsky (“Owls Cry”), Evgeny Shumeyko (“Kitchen”) and Polina Vorobyova (“Housekeeper” appeared on the screens as trainees of surgeon Kovalev. )