“Cast March”: actors of the domestic military drama

The military drama “March toss” directed by Nikolai Istanbul is a solid Russian film without excessive gloss and pathos, dedicated to the war in Chechnya, called the operation to eliminate gangs. The euphemisms and ambiguities characterizing these hostilities among government officials and politicians turned into the confusion and uncertainty of the role played by the Russian army in the Caucasus. It was such a difficult topic that the creators of the picture were not afraid to touch upon, but conveyed to the viewer the tragic story underlying the plot of the picture “March-toss”. Actors who starred in the film: V. Volga, O. Chursina, F. Smirnov, A. Baluev, S. Garmash and others.

Narrative structure

Conventionally, the structure of the narrative of the drama of Nicholas of Istanbul, created by the director after an impressive break of seven years, can be divided into two parts: events highlighting military operations, and peaceful life. Moreover, the film “March-toss”, the actors and roles of which are selected very harmoniously, encourages the beholder to exciting thoughts, despite the fact that the military unit looks many times more advantageous than the peaceful one. Perhaps the creators deliberately created a sharp contrast between the conventional parts, specially filming episodes of peaceful life in a stereotyped and familiar way.

Plot

Actors of the film “March toss”, embodying the director’s idea on the screen, told the audience the story of the protagonist Alexander (Vladimir Volga). The boy was brought up in an orphanage. Having become an adult, the guy voluntarily sought to get into the Second Chechen War, hoping that it would be in difficult conditions that he could prove himself. The guy manages to qualify and join the elite special forces.

Returning to the homeland of his fallen comrade Vladimir (Yevgeny Kosyrev) in order to personally inform his parents about the terrible tragedy, Alexander was faced with the ugly reality of modern society. He was forced to teach a lesson to “tough guys” who imagined themselves to be masters of life and who considered themselves entitled to dispose of everything and everyone in the nearby district. The conflict flares up over the young beauty Masha (Olga Chursina), the sister of the deceased Volodya, whom the insolents harass and who was fond of the war-hardened commando Alexander.

This is a brief description of the story of the peaceful part of the tape "March-toss." The actors faithfully played their roles, not giving preference to the story of the war, despite the unequivocal interpretation of the images of their characters.

Chief Antagonist

But in the part of the narrative focused on military operations, the creators do not so directly and unambiguously interpret the images of heroes, even Chechen fighters. An exception can only be a character named Hassan (Fedor Smirnov), with whom the authors are somewhat sophisticated. Hassan was captured by Alexander, who himself had previously been held hostage by the Chechens. After that, the militant manages to escape, having deceived an dishonest Russian officer, and stumble upon accomplices of Khattab, with whom he was shot because of his unwillingness to admit his guilt. To be honest, there are a lot of adventures for one minor hero. Actor Fyodor Smirnov, who had previously specialized in episodic and secondary roles, got a decent amount of screen time in the military tape “March-toss”. Actors more famous and popular (Alexander Baluev, Sergey Garmash) appear much less often in the frame.

Main character

Actors of the film “March-toss” didn’t wonder for a very short time about the pseudonym of the artist, who embodied Alexander on the screen. The actor, a debutant, the main role of a soldier of the Russian special forces who went to fight in Chechnya, took a pseudonym for the name of the main river of Russia - the Volga, possibly because his father is the same famous director-producer Nikolai Istanbul.

Volga is the champion of Moscow, a master of sports in boxing. At the moment, his filmography includes 11 multi-genre films. And although over the past five years no significant role has appeared behind his shoulders, many domestic viewers remember the Volga precisely under the project “March-toss”. The actors involved in the project noted a biased attitude towards the director's guy, who decided to clearly demonstrate to his son all the "charms" of the acting profession.

The screenwriters deliberately idealized the central character, allowing him to perform real feats on both sides of the front. In the military drama “March toss”, the actors and roles of which became an integral part of the film reality of 2002-2003, the Russian army is presented in a favorable light, which fills the viewer with a sense of patriotism.