In the Soviet film "Scuba Diving", the actors play before the audience not just an adventure story, but also a whole spy detective story. The film was shot based on the novel of the same name by Evgeny Sherstobitov. Who played the main roles in it and around what event is the storyline of the tape lined up?
Filmmakers
The film Scuba Diving, whose actors are mostly teenagers and children, was directed by director Evgeny Sherstobitov in 1965. He wrote the script on his own based on his own novel.
Sherstobitov for his entire career has directed eighteen films. Among them are such paintings as âThe Tale of the Boy-Kibalchishâ, âThe Andromeda Nebulaâ, âIn the Far Away Kingdomâ, âKiss of Chanitaâ and âBreakthroughâ. All these tapes were shot at the A. Dovzhenko Film Studio .
The music for the film "Scuba Diving" was written by Azon Fattah. He wrote musical accompaniment to other paintings of Yevgeny Sherstobitov: for example, to âThe Tale of the Boy-Kibalchishâ or to the tape âYoung from the schooner Columbusâ. Fattah is also the author of numerous operas, songs and music for performances. The composer's songs are included in the repertoire of such famous performers as Joseph Kobzon, Elena Kamburova and Lev Leshchenko.
Summary
In the film "Scuba Diving", the actors immerse the viewer in the atmosphere of the adventures of young schoolchildren - friends of border guards who are involved in espionage games.
The film begins with the fact that the young guy Romka Marchenko, who enjoys diving in the water, is invited to shoot the film as an understudy. These shootings take place in a coastal village near the border waters. While working on one of the episodes, Romka suddenly finds a scuba gear prepared for someone on the seabed.
Roma Marchenko and his friends report the incident to border guards. Together with representatives of the KGB, young rangers begin to track down a spy who regularly crosses the border underwater with the help of special equipment.
Given the age of the main characters and the naivety of the plot, the film âScuba Diving at the Bottomâ, rather, belongs to the category of children's films, rather than adults. It was first shown on screens in 1965.
"Scuba Diving": actors and roles. Alexander Barsov as Romka
The central character in the film is the excellent diver Romka Marchenko. When he is offered to star in the film as an understudy, he rejoices at this opportunity. But the strange events that occur later make the young man, with his friends, tackle an adult and dangerous business - tracking down a foreign spy. During the investigation, a lot of adventures take place with the guys. The film "Scuba Diving" is dedicated to them.
The actors who played the main roles in this tape, mainly teenagers and children. Alexander Barsov at the time of filming was only fifteen years old. Despite such a young age, the boy already had a wealth of cinema experience. At the age of nine, he first appeared on the screens, and immediately in the lead role: Barsov played Vanka Zhukov in the short film âVankaâ by Eduard Bocharov. This work was shot based on the story of the same name by Anton Chekhov.
In 1961, Alexander appeared in Tatyana Lioznovaâs film "Evdokia", playing little Paul. A year later, he was entrusted with embodying the image of Vasya Petrov in the children's film âWe Love You,â and after filming with Sherstobitov, the young man played a major role in the film âThe Southern Cross Above Usâ. On this career Barsova in the cinema ended.
Tatyana Klyueva as Oksana
The creative fate of the performer of the leading role in the film "Scuba Diving" was more interesting. Actors who have gained popularity in childhood are often lost in adulthood. But Tatyana Klyueva, who played Oksana in the film, still retained her popularity for some time.
"Scuba Diving" became Klyueva's debut. She was only fourteen years old, and she was in eighth grade. In the same year, the young debutant appeared in the episode of the picture âThey Call, Open the Doorâ. In 1967, the girl was offered a role in the short film "Sixth Summer." In 1969, Tatyana gained enormous popularity after she played the main role in the famous fairy tale by Alexander Rowe âBarbara Beauty, a Long Braidâ.
After this film work, the girl entered GITIS, graduated from it, and also starred in several films (âThe Strongestâ, âMeet Me at the Fountainâ, âIt's Time for Red Applesâ). In the end, the young artist got married and forever left the profession for the sake of the family.
The film "Scuba Diving": actors and roles. Rafik Sabirov as Volodya
Another young tracker in the film Sherstobitova played a child actor Rafik Sabirov. Sabirov began his career back in 1963 with the film âIn the Name of the Revolutionâ by Heinrich Gabai, where he got the main role.
Then there was "The Tale of the Boy-Kibalchish", and a year later he appeared in front of the audience in the form of Volodka in "Scuba Diving". Little is known about the fate of Rafik. In 1969, he played a cameo role in the film "Provincial", then disappeared for ten years.
In 1979, Sabirov reappeared on the screen and starred in several films for ten years: âFollowing the Lordâs Trail,â âBattalions Ask for Fireâ and âReed Paradiseâ.
Other role performers
The actors of the film âScuba Diving at the Bottomâ are Volodya Bedunkevich, Shurik Kharitonov (âTrappedâ), and Oleg Bykov.
The role of the vile foreign saboteur went to Gennady Yukhtin, a graduate of the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography, who also played in the films Spring on Zarechnaya Street, Malva and Scarlet Sails.
Also in the frame you can see Vladimir Kislenko (âIn the Far Far Away Kingdomâ), Lev Perfilov (âBumbarashâ), Alexander Gai (âGrigory Skovorodaâ) and Nikolai Kryukov (âPetrovka, 38â).