Chic cast, filled with meaning without too much chatter dialogue, a good story and enchanting denouement. These are the features of a good movie worth watching.
V. Khotinenko did not just create an art picture “72 meters” (actors: S. Makovetsky, M. Basharov, A. Krasko, D. Ulyanov, Ch. Khamatova), he managed to create several pages from the manual on proper education. Indeed, in the modern world, sometimes those ideals that once existed are so lacking, “morality” and “morality” are often empty words for the current generation.
Coincidence or prophecy
Despite the fact that the release date of the film is close to the American story about "K-19" with actors H. Ford and L. Neeson, there is nothing in common between them. Also, the events associated with the death of the Kursk submarine, together with the entire crew, have a certain basis, but only partially. The story from this film was written earlier than the events mentioned, but its film adaptation is rather a worthy answer. First of all, the film “72 meters”, the actors involved in the filming process, regarded as a memory of the tragic story with the submarine, proof that not everything is forgotten in life. Secondly, there is a peculiar answer to the Americans, with the implication that movies can be made better, and not every daredevil who risked his life and the lives of other people deserves the title of hero.
Acting casting. Captain
As for the performers of the roles of the first plan, their selection most likely brought the picture “72 meters”, the actors and roles of which became known and loved by the domestic audience, such a success. The role of real men went to exactly the same actors in spirit and character. It is worth taking a look at Krasko Andrey as captain Genadiy. He acts as a spiritual leader, a man who even those who do not know anything about military affairs will go under the bullets. Initially, there is a belief that, knowing the state of the submarine, he takes up his business with fortress, will do everything possible in his power and even more to achieve the goal. Without self-pity, squeezing everything out of the boat will punch the path to the fulfillment of his task. An important feature of his character is the personality of the hero of the picture. Thanks to his merits, wisdom and humanity, he earned a strong trust and respect of his team. After all, it is his merit that so different people can smoothly and productively work in a team and achieve success. Such a character must have appeared in the tape "72 meters." The actors who worked in the frame with Krasko noted his complete unity with his character.
Navigator & Co
The most exciting and emotionally intense episodes of the director turned out in the case when he completely trusted in the exemplary male acting ensemble.
The character of the navigator performed by Marat Basharov can be safely designated as one of the key ones. It is with his dreams that all flashback paintings are associated. It is also with his participation that the melodramatic branch of the narrative takes place. A dream-like flashback featuring the unrivaled sensual Chulpan Khamatova. The actress decorated the movie “72 meters” with her presence. Male actors were fascinated by her charm and demonstrated it in a separate episode. According to the story, two friends-sailors notice the heroine of Khamatova Nellie reading something on the balcony. Hero Basharova climbs a friend on his shoulders to find out what the girl is reading. But unable to parse and identify the text, Nellie, reading “Scarlet Sails,” rushes down the stairs and gets the partner Basharov - a more educated sailor, the hero of Dmitry Ulyanov. The female audience will not be indifferent to the further development of the storyline with the pregnant Nelly, expecting her husband from swimming.
Nedotepa doctor
The film "72 meters", the actors and roles of which are selected to each other surprisingly organically, will give the viewer a meeting with one of his favorite actors - Sergey Makovetsky. The actor in his firmly recognizable image of a rotten neurasthenic intellectual literally cuts into memory. He is very organic in his image as a physician who is incompetent, each movement of the character is justified by the nature of the role. This is truly a unique and amazing transformation.
Another protagonist of the picture should be called faith, which the red line runs through the whole plot. After all, a person in any situation fights, as long as he has a sense of faith, without it his hands instantly give up. The film reminds of faith in friendship, comrade and brother, faith in love and kindness, faith in chance, opportunity and success, faith in oneself.
Not without a fly in the ointment
Stories are different and it doesn’t matter, it’s so interesting. The important thing is how to tell her, and most importantly - to finish it correctly. After all, a jammed ending can spoil the whole impression. In the film “72 meters”, the actors, the director, the entire film crew gave all the best, until the very last moment of filming. The final was not stereotyped, departing from generally accepted canons. The ending of the picture leaves a tidbit of food for the brain. Each will write his own, final story of the fate of all the characters of the film.
Of course, everything cannot be perfect. Sometimes there are errors. For example, in an episode where the midshipman is reported for a careless and dryly written report, you can see the captain keeps the page from his script. Or the fact that the authors of the film slightly messed up with the number of blades of the submarine, forgetting a little about the history of technology. But it will be difficult to find fault with such trifles even for skeptics and critics.
Sometimes even a search for such interesting facts as advertising by Nemiroff or mystical elements, such as the number of people in the compartment (13 people) or fascist watches, seems funny. Popular in our time is the search for the so-called "kinolapy". And try not to make a mistake while working with wildlife on the coast of the Barents Sea. After all, only the episode with the explosion of the boat was shot at the Mosfilm film studio.
Finally, it is worth mentioning the fact that during the filming different versions of the film were made: one for rental, the other for broadcast. So there are two versions of the picture, differing, at least, with flashbacks.