The actors of āElusive Avengersā gained all-Union fame after the release of this legendary picture. This film is a Soviet western about the adventures of four teenagers during the Civil War. The action of the film takes place over several years. The trilogy came out in parts, and each of them was dedicated to a certain stage in the life of the main characters. This article is a brief description of the performers of the film.
The image of the protagonist
The actors of āElusive Avengersā were mostly remembered by the viewer precisely as performers of the roles of fearless teenagers who fought with representatives of the white movement. The undisputed leader in the four is Daniil Shchus - a boy who lost his father in the course of hostilities. He matured early and, due to family tragedy, was forced to take care of his younger sister. In the first part of the trilogy, he takes revenge for his murdered father, in the second - helps friends steal a map of the fortified city where the white headquarters is located, in the third - he searches for the crown of the Russian Empire.
Victor Kosykh
He played the role of Danka in all three parts. However, this work was not his debut. Prior to that, he had already starred in a number of films, including the cult film āWelcome, Or No Trespassingā. In addition, he starred in some other children's films and in "Jumble".
Subsequently, the young man studied at VGIK and starred in 57 films, however, domestic viewers remembered him primarily as a brave leader of the brave four. In recent years, he worked at the Temp Theater. An interesting fact from the artistās biography is that he is a master of sports in sambo and jumping. So, the actors of āElusive Avengersā became famous as the leading actors in this Soviet Western counterpart.
Mikhail Metelkin
This performer embodied on the screen the image of an intelligent young man Valery Meshcheryakov. His track record has far fewer works than V. Kosykh. This artist entered the Faculty of Economics and became a photojournalist in the military district. He entered the directing department and made several short films. For several decades he was engaged in business and advertising. However, most of all he was remembered precisely as the performer of Valerie. In the second part, he plays the main role: it is precisely his merit - the theft of the plan of the fortified city. The success of the second part of the trilogy can be explained by the magnificent duet of Metelkin - Dzhigarkhanyan. The actors of āElusive Avengersā fit perfectly into the images of their heroes and thereby glorified the famous franchise.
Vasily Vasiliev
He played the role of Yashka-gypsy. The young man also became famous thanks to the film "The Elusive Avengers". Actors, whose fate was not always connected with the cinema, became the face of the Soviet screen. An interesting fact in the biography of Vasiliev is that until the age of six the young man lived in a camp in a large family. Vasiliev was a very talented boy by nature: owning a beautiful voice and hearing, he performed songs, including his own compositions. In addition, he was engaged in a drama circle and directed amateur performances.
In the picture, Vasiliev independently performed all the tricks, including the most difficult ones, when he had to jump from a saddle to a carriage, and from it - onto the back of a galloping horse. He also performed a number of songs that became real hits. In the picture, he himself performed several incendiary gypsy dances. So, he became famous for this work, like other actors in the film āThe Elusive Avengersā. However, unlike his comrades, Vasiliev did not continue to act in films. He considered the other proposals uninteresting and decided to try his hand at the Romen Theater. Then he toured all over the country, performing romances, bard songs. Vasiliev graduated from the studio of a drama actor, but no longer acted in films.
Valentina Kurdyukova
She played the role of Danka's sister - Ksanka Schus. The girl got into the picture due to the fact that she was a candidate for master of sports. In the picture, she independently performed several difficult tricks: she rode a horse, participated in battle scenes, chases, fights. But, despite the resounding success, she, like some actors in the film āThe Elusive Avengersā, did not continue her cinematic career, married the singer and leads a family home life.
Boris Sichkin
He played the role of the cheerful artist Buba Kastorsky, on which, in fact, all the humor of the film rests. He performed several songs in the picture that became real hits. Sichkin in his youth was a professional dancer, he graduated from the choreographic school. An interesting fact of his biography is that he was a soloist of the Song and Dance Ensemble. Even before filming in the legendary trilogy, he became famous as a performer in interludes and the author of short texts for theatrical productions. But the real finest hour for him was the movie Elusive Avengers. Actors, whose fate was different after the release of the cult picture on the screen, immediately became the favorites of the public. Sichkin also became very popular. After that, he starred in several more films, but in 1979 he left for the United States.
Efim Kopelyan
He embodied on the screen the image of the ominous, but extremely charismatic chieftain Burnash. The artist is especially good in the first part of the trilogy, where he plays one of the key roles. He began his career by participating in extras on the set, and then entered the theater studio. Kopelyan played in several well-known theatrical productions, and since 1956 he became one of the leading performers in the BDT. He created many vivid and memorable images of both a dramatic and a comedic plan. Many remember him as a voiceover reading the text in the series "Seventeen Moments of Spring."
Vladimir Treschalov
The film The Elusive Avengers, whose actors and roles are the subject of this review, became a real hit in the mid-1960s. One of the most memorable villains of the trilogy is Sidor, nicknamed Lyuty, the main opponent of the four in the first part. His role was played by Treshchalov. He graduated from an art school, then served in the army, and from the 1950s he began acting in films, while studying at the Moscow Art Theater School. Treschalov served in several theaters, however, intermittently, when, due to various misunderstandings, he was forced to work outside the profession. An interesting fact of his biography is that he was a friend of V. Vysotsky, who dedicated one song to him.
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
The success of the first part was repeated by Elusive Avengers 2. The actors who played in this new picture are no less famous than those who were involved in the original. One of the main successes can be considered Dzhigarkhanyan, who embodied on the screen the role of staff captain Ovechkin - one of the most prominent leaders of the fading white movement. This artist has all-Union fame thanks to a huge number of roles in paintings of the most diverse genre. In addition to working in the cinema, he took part in voicing cartoons. So, the actors who played in The Elusive Avengers became real stars of the Soviet screen.