The series “Escape” is the Russian version of one of the most popular American television series - “Prison Break”. To date, the audience has already managed to see all the seasons of this multi-part drama, and the actors of the series “Escape” tried to leave a pleasant impression with their game.
Storyline
Brothers Cyril and Alexei in early childhood had to survive the death of their mother and the departure of his father's family. The boys went to the orphanage and were everywhere together. The eldest of them, Cyril, all this time felt responsible for the upbringing of his younger brother Alexei. Kirill himself graduated from college, and his beloved brother decided to provide a more promising future and obtained a large amount of money so that Alex could study at a prestigious university. But later it turns out that Cyril is not able to return the money, and from this moment all misfortunes begin.
The first season of the series
To pay off debts, the elder brother takes a sin on his soul and agrees to the tough conditions of creditors. The latter give the task of killing a person. So Cyril was drawn into large frauds, as a result of which he was jailed. The Russian Duma even takes such a serious step as the abolition of the moratorium on the death penalty in order to get rid of Cyril. And the reason for this is not the murder of a simple person, but a very influential person in the government. It would seem that Cyril is threatened with a “tower”, but Alexei takes up the matter, who decides to take the risk and free his brother at all costs. The first season ends with the thoughtful plan that the main characters successfully leave the prison walls.
Next Seasons: Developments
After the escape, the fugitives face new challenges, so the actors of the series "Escape", who play central characters fall into the most unpredictable situations. Not only are the fugitives constantly harassed by security officers, the brothers are still making efforts to release Cyril's son, Maxim, which ends unsuccessfully. The main characters had plans on a yacht to sail first to Crimea, and later to leave the country and go to Turkey. But as a result of random events, the younger brother Aleksey is in the hands of commandos. He is sent to a special regime zone under the strange name “Black Swan”. Now Alexey is facing a difficult task, connected not only with developing a good escape plan, but also taking care of the delivery of his new "travel companion" to his destination. By the will of fate, the brothers found themselves in a similar situation with the only difference being that now there is an older brother who is to help Alexei go free. Along with the adventures of the main characters, intrigues take place on a political field, because at the highest level there is a struggle for a place in the sun.
Distinctive features of the Russian "Escape"
“Escape” was shot based on the American series, but when creating the Russian version, various changes were made to the script taking into account the laws of the country, the mentality of citizens, etc. That is, the project was adapted to Russian realities. For example, since there is a moratorium on capital punishment in the Russian Federation, the scenario had to be fictitious that the moratorium was temporarily lifted under two specific articles, namely terrorist acts and pedophilia.
In the American series , the vice president of the country is killed, but in the Russian Federation such a position does not exist. In this regard, in the Russian film, one of the main characters is allegedly guilty of the death of the Minister of Finance. Also in the American version of "Escape" there is a moment when the main character finds a spiral from the mixer. In Russian prisons, such a thing is simply impossible to find, so the prisoner finds another item that he uses after. In addition, different groups in the American prison and Russian. In Russian zones there are no such vivid ethnic confrontations, and moreover there are no groups organized by skin color. The creators decided that in a Russian prison, the opponents between themselves would be the Ural and Moscow guys.
Actors of the “Escape” series of Russian production themselves are more soulful, they better convey real emotions, emotions - such reviews are written by fans of the film who managed to see both versions and compare them.
Casting
Despite the similarities between the plots of the Russian and American versions of the series, these two films differ markedly from each other in many respects. One of these indicators is the actors of the series “Escape”. The creators and producers took their selection very seriously. As a result, the main roles went to Yuri Chursin, who plays Alexei Chernov, and Vladimir Epifantsev, who plays the role of Cyril Panin. These actors perfectly reflected the conceived atmosphere and essence of the main plot. The beloved ladies of two brothers in the series were performed by Dana Agisheva and Ekaterina Klimova.
As for the performers of roles in different seasons of the multi-part project “Escape”, for example, the actors of the series “Escape-2” remained practically in the same composition, but new faces were added to them. In particular, one of the center characters is played by Sergey Ugryumov, and Aziz Beishenaliev also takes part in the film.
Entertaining facts
- Interestingly, the main actor of the series “Escape” was chosen at the casting just a couple of days before the start of the filming process. The director and producer searched for a suitable candidate for a long time, and suddenly Yuri Chursin appeared at the casting, who approached the main role.
- Before each shooting, Chursin had to endure “torture” - he was tattooed with a plan of the zone at the same time for several people for six hours.
- One of the roles in the episodes went to a former prisoner who spent 17 years of his life behind bars.
- Dana Agisheva happened to learn how to put droppers and make real injections in order to organically join the role of a doctor.
- The actors of the series “Escape” (season 3) were involved in diverse environments. Some episodes were shot on the territory of the Moscow-City business center.
- To create the scenery of the special regime zone, St. Petersburg prison "Crosses" was taken as a basis, and field surveys were carried out in one of the prisons of Nizhny Novgorod.
- The Black Swan Prison, in which important events of the film take place, is a collective image. This name comes from two true strict regime colonies in Russia - the White Swan Prison in the Perm Territory and the Black Dolphin Zone in the Orenburg Region.
Opinions and Statements
As experts in the film industry, completely different images presented to the viewer the TV series “Escape”. Actors and roles are ambiguous, which is difficult to judge from one angle.
According to the director of this project, Andrei Malyukov, in the film, in addition to the already well-known, actors who have not yet become familiar on the screens are involved. Among them are Juris Laucins, Eugene Mundum and others.
The series “Escape” left a lot of memories and impressions. Actors (photos of some of them are posted in the article) speak of this project as an unforgettable experience when filming takes place in unusual conditions.
Kinolyapy in the series
It was noticed by film experts and ordinary spectators that in the serial episode "Escape" the director's group made several mistakes. One of them concerns a character named Koba. In the territory of the Koba zone, he demonstrates his naked torso, on which tattoo stars are clearly visible. But later, when the jailbreak has already taken place and Koba is next to his wife, these stars are not on the body.
Also, the moment when Chernov is changed into a guard’s equipment can be attributed to oversights. The prisoners took off their uniforms with Belenko, who has the rank of major. But Chernov appears in the frame in the form of not a major at all, but a guard sergeant.