According to the famous book of Gogol about the fraudster Chichikov, several films were created. The latest film adaptation is the film Dead Souls (1984). The actors embodied on the screen the images of colorful Gogol characters so professionally that for more than thirty years no one has been trying to repeat their feat.
Michael Schweitzer
Before telling about the actors of the movie Dead Souls (1984), a few words should be given to the creator of this wonderful picture. Mikhail Schweitzer is an outstanding Soviet filmmaker, winner of several state awards . His career began in the late forties - with the release of the film " The Way of Glory " .
Schweizer's early works are of little interest. Created in the 60s and 70s, Little Tragedies, Funny People, Kreutzer Sonata, and Resurrection became classics of Soviet cinema. In addition, Schweitzer is the creator of the first film adaptation of the novel "The Golden Calf. " In his film, the role of a talented adventurer was played by Sergei Jurassic.
The film " Dead Souls " (1984), whose actors are presented below, consists of five episodes. When creating the film, Schweitzer, as a rule, also acted as a screenwriter. No exception was the film adaptation of the work of Nikolai Gogol. The director for his creative career more than once transferred the works of great classics to the screen. I always treated the author’s text with great care, which can be seen by watching the movie Dead Souls (1984).
Actors and roles
The author's text is read by Alexander Trofimov. The actor starred in many films, including Schweitzer’s paintings “ Kreutzer Sonata ” , “ Little Tragedies ” . But Trofimov is best known for the role of Richelieu . Who played the main character in the movie Dead Souls (1984)?
Actor Alexander Kalyagin brilliantly coped with the role of swindler Chichikov. The reader, who at least once watched Schweitzer’s picture, re-reading the book, invariably represents him in the image of the main character. It is difficult to imagine which of the domestic actors could play Chichikov like that when Kalyagin did it.
Yuri Bogatyrev played Manilova. Tamara Nosova - A box . The role of Nozdrev went to Vitaly Shapovalov. The image of Sobakevich was embodied on the screen by Vyacheslav Innocent. And finally, Plyushkina was played by the unsurpassed Innokenty Smoktunovsky.
Other actors in the movie Dead Souls: L. Udovichenko , A. Zaitsev, V. Shulyakovsky , V. Sanaev , A. Safonov, V. Zolotukhin, I. Makarova, Yu. Volintsev, L. Polyakov, I. Kashintsev, K. Zheldin , S. Khitrov, V. Steklov , L. Fedoseyev-Shukshin , I. Churikov , V. Malyshev .
Alexander Kalyagin
Actor today in films is shot infrequently. Since 1992, he has led the theater Et cetera. Kalyagin performed his first film role in 1967. In his filmography, mainly the adaptation of the works of Russian classics. He played in several films by Mikhalkov, Kozakov, Schweitzer. The most famous Kalyagin brought, of course, the role in the comedy " Hello, I am your aunt! " .
Over the course of his many years of career, Kalyagin has performed several dozens of roles on the stage, including in performances based on the works of Gogol. However, he had a chance to play Chichikov only on the set .
Yuri Bogatyryov
The actor worked for many years at the Moscow Art Theater. In 1974 he played in the film Mikhalkov, and this role brought him all-Union fame. The director has since tried to shoot Bogatyrev in each of his films.
He was an amazingly talented, diverse actor . A variety of images were subject to him. In the film based on the novel Oblomov , he played the cold-blooded, calculating Stolz . In " Declaration of Love " - timid, shy and romantic Filipp . In " Rodn " appeared before the audience in the image of a nervous Stanislav Pavlovich. In 1984, he finally played in Schweitzer’s film one of the most famous literary characters - Manilov.
Innocent Smoktunovsky
He was called the first intellectual actor in domestic cinema. The role of Plyushkin is not the best in the filmography of Smoktunovsky. But only because the actor managed to play unsurpassed characters such as Prince Myshkin, Hamlet.