The series "Secrets of the investigation", whose actors narrate the everyday life of St. Petersburg investigators and operatives, can be called one of the most "long-playing" projects in Russia: by 2015, 15 seasons of the film were released. The permanent performer of the main role remains Anna Kovalchuk. Who else was involved in the project?
“Secrets of the investigation”: actors and roles. Anna Kovalchuk as Maria Shvetsova
Not one hundred actors flashed on the screen during the show of the series on television. However, we can safely say that in the film "Secrets of the investigation", the actors playing the main roles practically do not change. First of all, this concerns Anna Kovalchuk, who has been playing in the criminal detective detective Maria Shvetsova for the past fifteen seasons.
To get into this project, Anna Kovalchuk had to artificially age herself: the twenty-three-year-old actress at the casting said that she would soon turn thirty. The fact is that an artist of precisely this age was required to play the role of Maria Shvetsova.
This decisive step, together with successful trials, ensured success for the then little-known Kovalchuk, since it was the shootings in “Secrets of the Investigation” that brought the St. Petersburg actress popularity. For many years, Anna has not been unfaithful to the project that made her famous, and is diligently removed in every season of the film.
Sometimes Kovalchuk takes part in other films: for example, she played Kolchak’s wife in the film Admiral, Margarita in the series Master and Margarita, and Princess Trubetskoy-Kantemir in the film Peter the Great. Will".
The series "Secrets of the investigation": actors and roles. Alexander Novikov in the role of Kurochkin
Another permanent participant in the project is Alexander Novikov. In the film “Secrets of the investigation”, the actors Kovalchuk and Novikov play colleagues, only if Maria Shvetsova is an investigator, then her partner Fedor Kurochkin, performed by Novikov, is an operative.
Alexander Novikov graduated from LGITMiK in 1986, and began acting in films in 1990. His first film was called The Tsar's Hunt. Then there was a whole series of little-known films ("Sikimoku", "The King and the Sly"), in which Novikov was far from the main roles. So in this regard, the series "Secrets of the investigation" for the actor became the debut, since he was first entrusted with the role of the central character.
Vyacheslav Zakharov as Kovin
In the film "Secrets of the investigation" actors Vyacheslav Zakharov and Sergey Baryshev also play colleagues Maria Shvetsova, who are actively involved in all investigations. For example, Vyacheslav Zakharov got the role of the prosecutor Viktor Kovin, who was promoted to the head of the Investigative Committee department in subsequent seasons.
Vyacheslav Zakharov - a graduate of the Schukin School - is more positioning himself as a theater actor. Zakharov has been in films since 1965, but there are not many roles in his piggy bank. Among the most famous paintings with the participation of the artist is the film “Royal Regatta” by Yuri Chulyukin and “Young Wolfhound” by Oleg Fomin.
Sergey Baryshev as Vinokurov
Actors of the series “Secrets of the investigation” are mostly regulars on television serial projects. The same can be said about Sergey Baryshev - the performer of the role of detective officer Vladimir Vinokurov.
Sergei Baryshev starred exclusively in the series. In addition to the fact that the actor starred in 11 episodes of the movie “Secrets of the investigation”, he also appeared in such television projects as “Streets of Broken Lights 4”, “Citizen Chief 2”, “Gangster Petersburg 10” and in many other series. In 2012, Baryshev left the "Secrets of the investigation." At the moment, the artist is starring in the popular TV series "Youth", which is broadcast on the STS channel.
Other role performers
In the film “Secrets of the Investigation,” the actors and roles underwent significant changes over 15 seasons: someone left the project, someone continues to embody the images of their characters on the screen, but their characters have long received new posts and titles.
So, actress Yulia Yakovleva (“Own Alien”) in the 13 seasons of the series played the role of secretary of the prosecutor Kovin. Yakovleva did not want to appear only in the 11th and 15th seasons of the film. The role of a close friend of Maria Shvetsova in 4 seasons belonged to Alla Dovlatova. In the first eight seasons, Emilia Spivak, who also played in the films “State Counselor” and “Tin,” embodied the image of lawyer Evgenia Anatolyevna on the screens. Alexander Chevychelov, who often flashes on Russian TV shows, played in the 1st and 8th seasons of the TV project Secrets of the Investigation of Maria Shvetsova’s ex-husband. And the second husband Shvetsova, with whom the main character lived for 13 seasons, was played by Miroslav Malich (“Goryunov”).
Also in the film you can see Oleg Almazov (Catherine’s Musketeers), Andrey Sharkov (Mole), Igor Grigoryev (Gangster Petersburg 3), Igor Nikolaev (Khabarov’s Principle), Vladimir Baranov (Realtor), Sergey Lysova (Gangster Petersburg 4), Alexander Chaban and many others.