The series “Beautiful Seraphim” filmed by Kinoseans, directed by Karine Foliyants, attracted many viewers thanks not only to the interesting plot, but also to the wonderful work of the actors. About why the series is so popular, the wonderful Vyacheslav Grishechkin and Cyril Grebenshchikov will be discussed in our article.
“The beautiful Seraphim”: plot
This melodrama reflects the life of a simple Russian strong woman Seraphim. For 20 years, she and her rival have been sharing the same man. In addition, Seraphim has almost one to bring up his son, and then the daughter of her husband, as well as farm and manage a horse farm. Left without parents, Seraphim was able to get an education and become a respected woman. Love for her husband and incredible fortitude helped her to endure all difficulties: constant betrayal, and later premature death of her husband, illness of her son, loss of her second child. And the heroine was faced not only with a series of personal problems. Perestroika began in the country; several times it had to start from scratch. But Seraphim was able to overcome everything, not to lose faith in life. Therefore, it is called beautiful, that it has a pure soul, works and shows with its behavior that you can do the right thing, regardless of external circumstances.
Actors "Beautiful Seraphim"
In the series, many wonderful actors played. Among them are Ekaterina Porubel (Serafima - the main role), Cyril Grebenshchikov (Victor Zorin, Seraphim’s husband), Elena Zakharova (Irina Dolgova, Zorina’s lover and rival Serafima even after Viktor’s death), Nikolay Dobrynin (writer Andrei Korolenko), Vyacheslav Grishechkin (lover Irina Pal Palych) and many others.
The shooting took place in Crimea in 2011, and the actors of “Beautiful Seraphim” were able to not only enjoy the game, but also enjoy the beautiful views. Theodosius, White Rock, the city of Belogorsk, according to the director, became the best places to create a film. And the friendly and hospitable locals attracted all the participants in the series and won their hearts.
Vyacheslav Germanovich Grishechkin
Vyacheslav Grishechkin was born in Sochi on June 28, 1962. However, he grew up in Moscow. The boy liked to amuse the audience, went to the puppet theater, at the age of 13 he entered the Theater of Young Muscovites. So began his acting career.
After school, Vyacheslav Grishechkin entered GITIS, while he played in a theater studio in the Southwest. At 27, the actor made his film debut. True, at first he had to play only episodic roles. The actor became popular after filming in the television series "Soldiers" in 2005. Then there was a lot of work in various series and films.
In 2011, in the series “Beautiful Seraphim,” he played the role of Pal Palych, a party worker and lover, Irina Dolgova. And he coped with the task brilliantly. The professionalism of Vyacheslav Grishechkin leaves no doubt, therefore it is not surprising that the actors of the “Beautiful Seraphim” enjoyed working with him.
Since 2009, Grishechkin heads the Volga Drama Theater.
Kirill Yurevich Grebenshchikov
Grebenshchikov was born in Moscow in a family of actors on June 22, 1972. Almost all of the childhood of little Cyril passed behind the curtains. And it is not surprising that he later connected his life with the stage. In 1989, he entered the staging department of the Moscow Art Theater School. However, the stage designer Kirill Grebenshchikov did not become. In 1991, he submitted documents to the All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography, the Moscow Art Theater School and the Shchepkinsky School, and was admitted to the Moscow Art Theater, for a course at Alla Borisovna Pokrovskaya.
In 1995, Grebenshchikov got a job at the Moscow Drama Theater. Stanislavsky. After two seasons, he starred in the episode “Siberian Barber”, then worked for three months in the Moscow Youth Theater and in 1997 left to play in the theater to Anatoly Alexandrovich Vasiliev.
In the series "Seraphim the Beautiful" Grebenshchikov Cyril played one of the main roles. He played a simple country boy, machine operator Victor Zorin. The actor himself did not believe that he would succeed in this image, since he, being a city dweller, had no idea about rural life. In addition, he did not consider himself a great actor. And although Grebenshchikov was afraid of this proposal, he nevertheless agreed to participate. His fears were in vain. The actor quite organically got used to the image, and the viewer believed that Cyril had lived and worked in the village all his life. Numerous positive reviews about the series in general and its role in particular are good proof.
The role of Viti Zorin brought popularity to Cyril Grebenshchikov. He began to be invited to act in films on various subjects and series.
Surprise from Karine Foliyants
And the actors of “Beautiful Seraphim”, and all the participants in the filming warmly recall the time spent together. Therefore, when it was decided to start shooting “Seraphim the Beautiful-2” in the fall of 2012, everyone unanimously supported him. Without a doubt, it will be interesting to see how the life of the beautiful Seraphim goes on. But this is a completely different story.