The screen version of literary works is a complex matter. Actors of Kuprin. Pit". The story of the fallen girls, based on the classic work, was shown in the series.
Plot of the film
When creating the series, a bold decision was made to combine three Kuprin's works at once , including “Pit”, “Garnet Bracelet” and “Duel”. Although only these stories are presented in the names of the parts, viewers can see the heroes of other compositions, smaller in size. For example, some of the characters in the Pit are familiar with characters from the Pomegranate Bracelet. The connecting thread between the parts is Kuprin himself, who observes from the side and writes down stories.
In the "Pit" part, the main characters are girls working in a cheap and notorious brothel. Each of the heroines has an individuality and her own story. Within the walls of the house was created a real small world with its own laws. And at the head of all this was a cruel and severe warden, but a loving mother, Anna Markovna.
Kuprin illuminated the last days of the inhabitants of the Pit. Their ups and downs, the usual way of life. According to the plot of the series, the writer himself often looked into the brothel, always sat at the same table in the corner of the hall and watched the course of life, sometimes playing the role of a confessor for the girls working there.
Zhenechka
The character of Zhenya is one of the most controversial and interesting, as the actors “Kuprin. Pit". The serial Eugene is like a book, she is also bold, bold and tough. Svetlana Khodchenkova was invited to play this role.
Eugene is one of the idols for the inhabitants of the Pit, but at the same time scares them with his courage to say what he thinks. She rarely talks with anyone heart to heart and prefers to keep her feelings deep inside. Only once did she prove herself real, anticipating a near end. Of all the people around her, Zhenya showed sympathy except for Kuprin, who treated her as a person, and not as a product. Faced with a second person who looked at her like that, Zhenechka changed part of her views. However, she remained the same bold and broken beauty.
Over the last months of the existence of the brothel, Zhenya has gone from an ordinary worker to an assistant to Anna Markovna. But the benefits of life to buy it was impossible.
Svetlana Khodchenkova often appears in the film adaptations of literary works, while playing strong and decisive heroines. Her talent was also noted in the West, which caused the growing fame of Svetlana in Hollywood.
Her first role was received by Khodchenkova in the series “Bless the Woman”. For the same film, she was awarded the first cinema prize in her life. Since then, the successful actress almost did not leave the screens of viewers. In addition, Svetlana managed to try herself in a modeling career.
Kuprin
If in the story “Pit” the heroines were seen from the side by the quiet and mysterious Platonov, then in the series he is replaced by Kuprin himself. And they suggested playing this role to Mikhail Porechenkov. Kuprin became the link between such different heroes. He managed to visit the Pit and talk with the young women who worked there, visit Vera Nikolaevna Sheina and find out the story of Zheltkov in love with her, meet many other people whose stories gave rise to his works.
In order to play a hero who lived in a different era, the actor had to work hard. In the story, he often had to ride. Especially for this, he took riding lessons. Prior to this, Porechenkov had to engage in horse riding only during training at a theater institute.
Mikhail Porechenkov became famous, playing the role of strong and courageous men who protect the family and the country. He began his career on the stage of the theater, but pretty soon after that he appeared on the screen. True fame brought him a role in the series "Agent of National Security." This series caused a real sensation on Russian television. He was watched by men and women, admiring the main character. Mikhail Porechenkov himself knew very well about the life of the military. Once he studied at the military-political construction school. But he could not finish it, because he repeatedly violated discipline. However, the knowledge gained came in handy.
Since participating in the series "Agent of National Security", the filmography of the actor has greatly replenished. As a rule, Mikhail Porechenkov continued to play heroes. Sometimes he saved people dear to him with weapons in his hands, and sometimes, as in the series “Doctor Tyrsa”, with the help of knowledge and skills. Therefore, it was so unexpected to see him as a writer.
Having played a large number of roles in cinema and theater, Mikhail Porechenkov decided to try himself as a director. He made the film “Day D”, in which he played with his daughter Barbara. Michael played a former major of the Airborne Forces, who left the service for a quiet life in the wilderness and raising his daughter. But the way of life is broken when Zhenya is abducted. The father has no choice but to save the only loved one.
In addition to the cinema and the theater, Mikhail conducted television programs for some time, dubbed foreign films, participated in the filming of documentaries and even voiced the hero of a computer game.
Lyuba
Girls fell into the Pit in different ways. Including against his will. One of the most tragic stories is the fate of the Jewish beauty Luba, whom her own husband sold to a brothel. Lyuba married a man who regularly found new workers for the institution of Anna Markovna. He found most of them on the streets and in institutions simpler, but there were innocent beauties for whom they paid the most. Lyuba did not even know where she was being taken. But, once in a brothel, she realized that she could not get out of freedom. However, a student comes to the aid of the girl, confident that good deeds need to be done. Wanting to save at least one soul, he first chooses Zhenya, but she does not want to leave. Then his choice falls on the emaciated and unhappy Luba.
Katerina Shpitsa played the girl cruelly deceived by her beloved. The actress was educated and began to play on stage in her native Perm. But in 2005, she decided to try her hand in Moscow. She played many roles in films, among which film adaptations already appeared.
Katerina Shpitsa not only actively acts and acts, but also tries her hand at various television projects. For example, she performed in the show "Ice Age".
Vera's husband
In the series “Kuprin. Pit "intertwined several stories at once, including the" Garnet Bracelet ". For the adaptation of this story, actor Anatoly Bely was involved. He played the husband of Vera Sheina, in whom Zheltok was unrequitedly in love.
Anatoly Bely was born and raised in Ukraine, but then left for Kuibyshev (later renamed Samara) to enter the Aviation Institute. However, much more lectures on the exact sciences attracted him to perform with the youth theater and play the guitar. Anatoly Bely decided to leave the institute and enter the theater. He moved to Moscow.
Anatoly is actively performing in the theater and acting in films. In addition, he often engages in dubbing foreign films.
Yolks
Another tragic story in the television series was the telegraph operator Zheltkov, who fell in love with a young lady from a rich and noble family. Over the years, he observed the life of Vera and occasionally wrote letters to her. Vera got married and forgot to think about her admirer, when in his birthday he presented the beauty the most precious thing for him - a garnet bracelet.
Zheltkova in the series was played by actor Maxim Averin. He played his first role back when he was a little boy. He appeared in the episode of the film “The Adventures of Count Nevzorov.”
True national fame and love for Maxim brought a role in the series "Capercaillie". Since then, he played a lot of unlike each other in character and kind of activity of the heroes. In addition, Maxim Averin actively performs in the theater and tours the country.
Emma Eduardovna
The power in the Pit belonged to Anna Markovna. But the brutal and embittered housekeeper Emma Eduardovna helped her to clean up the brothel. She was played by Popova.
Honored Artist of Russia Nelya Popova first appeared on the scene in 1998. Since then, she managed to be remembered and loved by fans of theater and cinema. Recently, she appears more often in TV shows than in feature films.
Vera Sheina
Vera Sheina, the object of Zheltkov’s painful love, attracted the attention of the audience. The romantic and educated woman was played by actress Irina Leonova.
In life, the actress is much happier than her heroine, tormented by torment of conscience. Irina Leonova has successfully acted in films and at the same time a loving and caring mother of seven children.
Tamara
Some of the inhabitants of the Pit did not see for themselves any other life, except as working in a brothel, and could not imagine. As the actors of Kuprin. Pit, ”among them Tamara, which was played by Polina Agureeva.
The actress fell in love with many viewers for her many talents. Polina not only acts in films, but also sings romances, is fond of philosophy, and is also a loving mother.
Many actors were involved in the filming. "Kuprin. Pit" will be interesting not only to fans of the writer's work, but also to those who want to enjoy a good dramatic picture.