“Case of Grocery Store No. 1” is a 2011 television series of Russian production. Actors Sergey Makovetsky, Julia Peresild, Mikhail Porechenkov, Daria Mikhailova, Maria Shukshina performed the roles in this television art project . The television movie of the serial format in the genre of historical drama was first presented to the viewer on October 31, 2011. The music for the series 16+ was written by Alexey Ashkenazi. The director of the television picture was Sergey Ashkenazi. The total duration of the series is 384 minutes.
Plot
The series "Case of Grocery Store No. 1", reviews of film critics about which are positive in nature for the most part, reflects on the screen the fate of the director of the Moscow grocery store No. 1, George Berkutov. The protagonist of this film is engaged in the supply of high-ranking officials and famous Soviet artists in the Brezhnev era.
With the advent of the head of the KGB, Yuri Andropov, the life of Berkutov changes dramatically for the worse. Andropov, in order to advance his plans for establishing his power in the USSR, needed a demonstrative sacrifice, and he considered that director of the Moscow deli No. 1, which begins a real hunt by the law enforcement services of the USSR and the State Security Committee. Thus, the protagonist of this story finds himself in prison dungeons in anticipation of a harsh sentence.
About filming
Filming of the series “Case of Grocery Store No. 1” due to the impossibility of their implementation for objective reasons in historical places took place in the studio pavilions, in which the interior was made similar to the interior of the deli of the Soviet era. The film is based on the real story of the director of the grocery store, Yuri Sokolov, who was a defendant in the "Eliseev case." The scriptwriters of the series had a lot to speculate, since it still bears the signature stamp.
Performers of the director of the deli and the KGB major
Sergei Makovetsky and Mikhail Porechenkov are the actors of the series “Case of Grocery Store No. 1,” who played the main roles in this television picture. Sergei Makovetsky, who played the charming and powerful Berkutov - the director of a deli with a tragic fate, was born on June 13, 1958 in the Ukrainian capital, the city of Kiev (USSR). He has a track record of over one hundred cinematic roles. In 1980, he graduated from the B.V.Schukin Moscow Theater School. In 1981, as an actor, he made his film debut, playing the role in the short film by Nikolai Dostal, "Cooling and Snow Expected."
Famous feature films with Sergey Makovetsky - “Brother 2”, “Mechanical Suite”, “Russian Game”, “Three Stories”. He played in the series "Liquidation", "Life and Fate", "Case of Grocery Store 1", "Quiet Flows the Don", "The Death of the Empire." Acts in cinematic art projects of the drama, adventure, and comedy genre. According to the sign of the horoscope - Gemini. The growth of the actor is 180 centimeters. Films with Sergei Makovetsky recently shot: the 2016 series “Death Track” by Denis Neimand, the movie “Acquaintance” (2016). Sergey Makovetsky in 1998 received the title of People's Artist of Russia.
Mikhail Evgenievich Porechenkov - a St. Petersburg actor, was born on March 2, 1969. He gained fame thanks to the embodiment on the screen of the heroes of the feature films “Heavenly Court”, “The White Guard”, “Poddubny”.
In the series “Case of Grocery Store No. 1,” the actor played the role of KGB Major Pavel Sergeyevich Skachko, an honest, principled employee for whom performance of his official duty is the main thing in his life. In reviews of the “Deli Case,” many viewers say that the actor expressively conveyed the image of his hero, but noted in his appearance one absurdity - his hero is often unshaven, although the KGB officer, in their opinion, must be the standard of neatness and fit.
Performers of the roles of the wife of Berkutov and Zoe Platonova
Daria Mikhailova and Maria Shukshina - actors of the series “Case of Grocery Store No. 1”. Daria Mikhailova in this historical series, based on real events, played the wife of the hero of Sergey Makovetsky Lidia Berkutova - a faithful and loving woman, in which, according to fans of this multi-part television project, there is "natural peace and sincerity of emotions."
For Daria Mikhailova, “Case of Grocery Store No. 1” is far from the first film. On her track record are several dozen cinematographic projects. The actress played roles in such famous films as “A declaration of love”, “Night incident”. In 2016, she was engaged in the filming of the movie drama "The Circulation", playing the role of Marina Alexandrovna in it.
The list of actors of the series “Case of Grocery Store No. 1” contains the name of Maria Shukshina. In this eight-episode television movie, the actress played the role of Zoe Platonova. The actress is a Muscovite. Born May 27, 1967. She is known for her roles in the drama “Bury Me Behind the Baseboard”, in the melodrama “American Daughter” by Karen Shakhnazarov and the movie “What a Wonderful Game” by Pyotr Todorovsky. Accounted for by the daughter of the director Vasily Shukshin and Lidia Fedoseeva-Shukshina. At the beginning of her conscious acting career in 1970, she played the role in the film “Eternal Husband” by Eugene Markovsky with Igor Kostolevsky and Stanislav Lyubshin in the lead roles. In 2016, she played Natasha in the New Year’s story “Firs 5”.
Performer of the role of Maria Skachko
Julia Peresild is also among the actors in the series “Case of Grocery Store No. 1”. In this cinematic project with a history of the early 1980s, she played the role of the wife of a KGB major. Julia Peresild from the city of Pskov. Was born on September 5, 1984. She became famous for the main role in the military drama "The Battle of Sevastopol." Graduate of the acting faculty of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences. The mother of two children.
Data
According to film critics, the series “Case of Grocery Store No. 1” has high ratings among viewers, largely because:
- the correct props were selected and suits tailored to that historical time period were sewn;
- the real story was not distorted by the scriptwriters.
The result of this meticulous work of the team of director Sergei Ashkenazi was a wonderful film that an ordinary viewer praises for its credibility, credibility and the absence of false scriptural moves and absurdities.