Which of us in childhood did not watch the good tales of director A. Rowe ?! This wonderful director always chose good and beautiful subjects for his film works. The Soviet actors who played in his films became famous. “Barbara Beauty, a long braid” - one of the works of the great director - a direct confirmation of this.
Consider in more detail the cast of this film.
History of the movie
The film "Barbara Beauty, a long braid" is one of the late works of the director. He was put on the Gorky film studio in 1969. The director also shot the star cast of his favorite actors, and invited very young artists, and, as always, used a folk story creatively reworked by V. A. Zhukovsky.
Filming took place on the banks of the Moscow River, so the film crew did not even leave the Moscow region. Meanwhile, thanks to the work of the director and his team, it seemed that everything was happening in some kind of magical country with unusual landscapes.
The fairy tale “Barbarian Beauty, a long braid” was demonstrated by the Soviet audience on the eve of the New Year 1971. Immediately, she won a lot of fans, both among young viewers and among the older generation who appreciated the work of the master of directing, Alexander Rowe.
And again, this actor played the role of evil spirits ...
Not a single Row film has done without this artist.
Sometimes George Frantsevich Millar even played several roles in one film. What he just was not! And Baba Yaga, and the Frog, and the Devil!
The list goes on and on. This time he played in the film the role of Miracle-Yudo - the king of the sea, a little ferocious and merciless (which is supposed to be a sea monster), but a sweet and quite handsome villain, the father of the main character - the beautiful Barbara.
In the movie "Barbarian Beauty, a long braid," Millard was able to fully embody the image of his hero. As always, the actor used a very successful make-up (this time his face was covered with a greenish composition, he was given a huge mustache, dressed in royal furs and created unusually scary hands for him). But makeup is just a mask, she alone could not convey what the actor could do: charm and cunning, the desire for villainy and some kind of childish naivety of the hero.
Needless to say - this role has fully taken place.
main character
In the role of the main characters, Rowe always managed to choose beautiful girls. At the same time, their beauty was somehow deep, not so much physical as mental.
This feature made his main characters delightful.
Tatyana Nikolaevna Klyueva, who played the role of the beautiful and clever Varvara, was no exception.
Many actors of the fairy tale “Barbarian Beauty, a Long Braid” were already known to the audience, but Tatyana Nikolaevna managed to star in only 3 films before her stellar role.
The whole country was amazed at how easily and boldly the young actress dealt with a difficult task. It would seem that now this girl was waiting for great fame and many more roles in the movie. However, Tatyana Nikolaevna acted like a real beauty Barbara. She sacrificed her profession for love, got married and completely devoted herself to family life. Now she lives in the city of Sevastopol, because her husband is a long-distance sailor.
Two Andrei - prince and fishing son
Both actors coped with their roles brilliantly. One played a well-fed, but completely ill-educated royal offspring - pampered, lazy and selfish, while the other played the role of a Russian good fellow - handsome in body and soul, the real husband of the beautiful Barbara.
The first role was played by actor Sergei Nikolaev. Despite the lack of professional acting education, Sergey Nikolaev made a good film career, he starred in more than 50 films. Often he could be seen on the set of the children's magazine "Jumble". Currently, Sergei Nikolaev is conducting active public work in the field of Orthodox culture.
The second role went to Alexei Katyshev. Rowe accidentally saw this young man at the movie studio. Alexey graduated from sound engineering courses and did not dream of working in the cinema. In Rowe, he played in two films his two star roles - the good fellow Vasily and Andrei, a fishing son.
The fate of this actor was tragic. After Rowe's death, he remained unclaimed. Family fate also brought not only joy, but often disappointment. Alexey worked as a driver. Relatives deceived him from housing. He died in the 57th year of his life from beating and serious illness.
The king and his retinue
Some actors of the film “Barbara Beauty, a Long Braid” were known to the audience. This concerned primarily actors of the older generation.
The king’s role in the tale was played by the famous comedian Mikhail Pugovkin, who had previously starred in such films with Rowe.
Possessing an unusual sense of humor, plasticity and bright acting talent, Pugovkin was able to fully fulfill the acting task that lay before him - he played a somewhat naive, silly and good-natured antipode of Miracle Jude.
Actor Anatoly Kubatsky played the role of clerk Afoni - the cunning and tricky servant of the naive king, who conceived the failed exchange of babies. The fate of the actor has developed quite successfully both personally and professionally. He lived for a long 93 years and was able to embody many bright roles on the screen.
The same long professional and real life was lived by actress Lidia Koroleva, who played Afoni's wife - Praskovia.
The director did a lot to create his film, but he also had talented actors. "Barbarian beauty, long braid" vividly proves the validity of this statement.
Let's recall one more already elderly and well-known at that time actress - Varvara Popova, who played the nanny Varvarushka. This wonderful Russian theater actress in the second half of her life played a lot of movie roles.
“Barbarian Beauty, Long Scythe”: actors and roles - real pirates
Everyone who watched this film remembers the roles of the most real and quite ferocious pirates. These roles are comical, and the pirates themselves always merged with the viewer into one image, presented in 4 faces.
The actors Alexander Khvylya, Lev Potemkin, Arkady Tsinman and Isaak Leongarov became these persons.
The first of them, A. Khvyla, was a People’s Artist of the Russian SSR, a very famous actor who played many roles in theater and cinema (by the way, he played the role of Morozko in another picture of Rowe).
Lev Potemkin was an operetta actor, starring in the movie. It was he who participated in the creation of another Row's fairy tale - about the Finist - Clear Falcon.
Arkady Tsinman was an actor of the Moscow Art Theater, who also allowed himself to flash from time to time on the screen.
Isaac Leongarov - actor of the Moscow operetta.
Here are such different people united around the film-tale "Barbarian Beauty, a long braid."
Failed grooms
Among the roles of the film there are also comedic roles of rejected suitors. Such grooms-grabs were played by Boris Sichkin, Ivan Baida and Roman Yuriev.
Among them, the name of Boris Sichkin is best known. He was not only a talented actor, but also a choreographer, couplet player, composer. Lived a bright life, starred in many Soviet films. In the late 70's. he emigrated to the United States, where he also tried to work in films, but did not reach his former glory. The fairy tale “Barbarian Beauty, a long braid” was an attractive opportunity for an actor to demonstrate not only his acting talent, but also choreographic abilities.
Merry old woman and great storyteller
It is worth recalling two more memorable roles of two already elderly actresses. The film “Barbara Beauty, a long braid” allowed once again to demonstrate her talent to Vera Altai, who played an old woman, a fun, and Anastasia Zueva, who, as always, acted as a storyteller.
Vera Altai, who came from an intelligent family and loved the scene from her youth, was praised for her negative roles in Rowe's films. Whom did she not play with him! But the role of the cheerful little old woman was still positive. Despite the fact that the actress was practically not visible, she dealt with her just fine!
Anastasia Zueva lived a long and fruitful life. She came from a peasant environment, perhaps that is why in theater and cinema she always especially succeeded in playing the roles of ordinary heroines from the people. Thanks to her participation, Rowe's films have always been imbued with the Russian folk spirit and the amazing atmosphere of a good fairy tale, where evil will always be defeated, and noble heroes will find happiness and a well-deserved reward.
The value of Rowe's work
You can write a lot more, considering the topic: “Barbarian Beauty, a long braid”: actors and roles. ” Russian director of Irish descent, Alexander Rowe, created films for the audience that survived for a long time himself and those who starred with him.
What is the secret of his success?
Apparently, he lies in the ability to select stories and find the necessary images of heroes, look for actors and help them create unique characters in front of the movie camera. And what kind of actors they were! “Barbara Beauty, Long Scythe” took place thanks to their talent and creative skill.
Some of these actors have already left this world, but their faces, captured on film, still live among us. They smile, laugh and tell the children a beautiful tale of love and the victory of good over evil.
Let us not forget them. These actors did a lot for us, “Barbara Beauty, a Long Scythe” is a film that has forever entered the treasury of Russian cinema.