Behind Sergei Bezrukov, who was born on October 18, 1973 in the Moscow family of the actor of the Satire Theater and the store manager, over thirty theatrical works, almost twenty television projects, as many voiced feature films and animated films, as well as about forty awards and awards.
Today, we are primarily interested in the filmography of Bezrukov, this wonderful actor who made his film debut without indicating his last name in the credits back in 1990, who played then a homeless child in the film "Stalin's Funeral", and today has presented millions of viewers with over sixty outstanding works that have become a real decoration of domestic cinema.
Let's remember the best roles of Sergei Bezrukov.
"Brigade"
To begin a review of the best films with Bezrukov’s participation, of course, it’s worth it from the cult “Brigade”, the famous 2002 series that made this actor, to the role of the leader of the criminal group Sasha Bely, who is not very famous in the cinema, a real star of truly first magnitude.
Frankly, Bezrukov in this film is really amazing, as well as all the other participants, which hardly makes sense to list - you all remember the actors who played Phil, Cosmos, Bee, Olga Belova and Volodya Opera. Despite the gangster and rather tough topics, the picture actually tells about the friendship and mutual assistance of people who are forced to live by wolf rules in a world in which the concept of "law" has long ceased to be true ...
"Plot"
The series "The Brigade" received such a stunning success that over all the performers of its main roles there was a serious threat to become "actors of one role", to which there are quite a few examples in the history of cinema. And most of all, Sergey Bezrukov, naturally, could suffer from the “sticking” image of Sasha Bely. Therefore, already in 2003, he starred in the role of being the most perfect antagonist of the protagonist of the "Brigade", playing Pavel Kravtsov, a law-abiding by calling and the standard of life, a police officer, for arguing with the authorities that he got to the post of the precinct deaf village of Anisovka, which became the scene of the series " Plot. "
Of course, to watch Sasha Bely, who skillfully disguised himself as a policeman, was at first very unusual. However, already from the second series, Bely begins to detach more and more from the image of a lonely and sad policeman, clear and clear as a cloudless spring sky, until the middle of the series completely forgotten, and to the final credits of this one of the best films with Bezrukov’s participation at the mere mention of the name an actor in your head will certainly arise a smiling romantic policeman Pasha Kravtsov and his dog-philosopher Caesar, by the way, also voiced by Bezrukov.
Yesenin
In 2005, Bezrukov in the film "Yesenin" brilliantly embodied on screen the most dramatic image of the great Russian poet Sergei Yesenin. The picture itself is built on two parallel storylines, one of which tells about the investigation in the 80s of the death of thirty-year-old Yesenin in December 1925, officially considered suicide, but with too many signs of violent death, casting doubt on the version of voluntary the death of the famous poet.
Another storyline, which is the main one, shows the audience the life of the golden-eyed and blue-eyed Sergei Yesenin, a rebel and a favorite of women, a poet and an insanely bright man with a great soul who sincerely loves his homeland. It should be noted that in this film Bezrukov literally relived the moments of his hero’s life, revealing the depth and drama of the image he played, which became one of the best in his film career.
"The Master and Margarita"
In the same year, viewers were able to see Bezrukov in the film "The Master and Margarita" - the actor played Yeshua Ga-Nozri, the prototype of which was Jesus Christ himself.
Retelling the plot of this immortal work of Mikhail Bulgakov makes no sense. The images of Woland and his retinues, Margarita, Masters and Pontius Pilate repeatedly tried to film many domestic and foreign authors. However, the novel itself, upon reading which it seems that its entire text is dictated from above, apparently, is still waiting for "its" Master, and in a most mystical way.
Sergei Bezrukov himself commented on his role with the following words:
It is impossible to play Jesus Christ. Moreover, not a single actor on earth can do it, for we are all mere mortal people, and he was the God-man. It is impossible to reach his holiness - we, unfortunately, are not sinless ...
"Pushkin: The Last Duel"
One cannot ignore the 2006 series "Pushkin: The Last Duel", which is also one of the best films with Bezrukov.
In this picture, the actor played another genius of Russian poetry, Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin, revealing to the audience the history of the fateful duel with Dantes and all the tragic events that preceded her - a dirty conspiracy against the Pushkin family, in which even his friends participated, who sent out a series of anonymous letters, the purpose of which was discredit the poet’s wife.
The film is very touching. Pushkin Bezrukova is real. He is completely reliable both in portrait similarity and energetically. Watching what is happening on the screen is really scary, because the viewer seems to be a real witness to the terrible crime against the family of the greatest master of Russian literature, which ended in his murder.
"High Security Vacation"
In the film "High Security Vacations" Bezrukov again briefly returned to the theme of the life of criminals. True, this time in a very funny way as a seasoned recidivist thief Sumrak, who, by the will of fate, tried on the role of counselor in a pioneer camp.
This picture, released in 2009, gained immense popularity among the audience. It can be watched by the whole family, it is very interesting and saturated with the kindest humor, despite the criminal component, thanks to which the comic of all situations only intensifies. "High Security Vacations" is a piece of childhood. It is a carefree summer, the sun, a river and flowering fields. From the very beginning it is clear that there will be no drama. But the audience will see a lot of adventures, fun, music and the magnificent game of Sergey Bezrukov.
"Vysotsky. Thank you for being alive."
One of the iconic films with Bezrukov’s participation was the dramatic film “Vysotsky. Thank you for being alive,” released in 2011. The image of the greatest bard of the XX century from the technical side was given to the actor by truly titanic efforts - only make-up was applied to his face daily for 4-6 hours, and it took almost two hours to make up.
It is also interesting that the very fact of who got the role of Vysotsky was carefully hiding from everyone, including even other actors involved in the film, to which Sergei Bezrukov came out with makeup on, changing it beyond recognition. When the picture saw the light of the day, instead of the surname of the actor who played the main role, it simply indicated “Vysotsky” in its credits.
Despite the fact that the film itself was received both by the audience and critics rather ambiguously, the film "Vysotsky. Thank you for being alive" has become a very big event in the national cinema.
Godunov
Our brief review concludes with the historical series of 2018 “Godunov”, dedicated to the difficult era of our country, tormented by the troubles of the times of Ivan the Terrible, the events preceding them, as well as the accession to the throne of the former oprichnik Boris Godunov, who ruled the country for seven years, and who suddenly died in his prime .
In the film "Godunov" Bezrukov played a major role, brilliantly conveying the whole tragedy of his hero, who was a deeply religious person, for whom bloody and cruel rule was completely alien, but at the same time well aware that without a strong and powerful hand to keep such a country from immersion in chaos is completely impossible.
Boris Godunov of Sergey Bezrukov with his eagle profile and article is a real tsar, striking and delighting with his authenticity ...