“Breakaway” is the Russian cinematographic project of 2011. The television movie of the multi-series format directed by Sergey Popov, which premiered on April 2, 2012, has an age limit of 16 + viewing. The actors of the TV series “Detachment” are Igor Petrenko, Kristina Kuzmina, Andrey Smolyakov, Andrey Panin, Elena Lyadova, Nikolai Dobrynin. The hero of the film is Alexei Mitrokhin, a former military man. He is trying to rescue the regime of his commander from the Soviet colony, who once saved his life, with whom he fought against the Nazis and who after the war was sentenced to twenty-five years. Action time: the second half of the 1940s. The scene of the film: a maximum security colony in Karelia.
Plot
Actors of the TV series "Detachment" performed roles in a film of the crime drama genre. The main character Alexei Mitrokhin, who arrived in Moscow, is trying to find his commander and friend Argunov. Soon he is informed that he is convicted and is serving his sentence somewhere in Karelia. For the sake of saving his comrade Alexei creates the appearance of an assassination attempt on Stalin, falls into the hands of law enforcement officers, soon receives the same prison term as his friend and finds himself in the same place as he is. The comrades who met later plotted to make an escape, but it would be incredibly difficult to do this, since the camp rests on the lake on one side and is surrounded by barbed wire and securely guarded on the other. However, they have a chance of a successful escape, since Alexei, who was a student in his student practice near the camp, knows this area very well. Floating islands from peat can help to implement Mitrokhin’s plan.
About filming
Actors of the TV series "Detachment" starred in this film for several months, following a clear schedule: 1 episode in 10 days. The shooting took place in the pavilions of the PBC St. Petersburg film studio, in Ukraine in the city of Odessa, as well as in the Leningrad Region, where the scenery of the Soviet concentration camp was created for their implementation. Scenes were shot in the spring, but the crew and the actors of the TV series “Detachment” had a lot of difficulties at that time, because the weather was cold and windy, the temperature even in May constantly dropped below zero. Actor Andrei Smolyakov says that while shooting a scene in which, according to the plot, Mitrokhin saves his hero’s life at the moment when a grenade explodes, he, then lying on cold ground, so as not to freeze completely, asked Petrenko to cover him with his body.
About casting
This section of the article is about the actors and roles of the TV series "Breakaway". He tells about the selection of actors for the main roles of this criminal drama. Dmitry Meskhiev, who acted as the producer of this cinematic project, said in his interview that it was difficult to select artists, because for the sake of reliability among famous people I had to look for those who would be completely outwardly like people of that time. At the same time, he noted that it was necessary to find suitable candidates for the roles of characters belonging to different social layers. According to him, these could not have been sleek, polished faces. Summing up this colossal work, Meskhiev said that in this cinematic project "an interesting acting ensemble has gathered."
"Detachment" - actors and roles: Igor Petrenko
Igor Petrenko in this series played the role of Alexei Mitrokhin. According to the actor, his character is a sincere, subtly sensitive person, a real hero and an almost perfect man.
Igor Petrenko was born in the city of Potsdam (GDR) on August 23, 1977. His track record includes 51 cinematic projects. He gained fame for his role in the drama "Driver for Faith." As an actor, he participated in the creation of feature films “Star”, “Name Day”, “Carmen” and television films of the serial format “Everyone Has Their Own War”, “Cadets”, “Detachment”. Among his first cinematographic works were roles in the TV series Black Room and Moscow Windows in 2001. In 2017, he played Andrei in the series Sleeping. At the same time, in the television series “You Enrage Me All”, Nikita was embodied on the screen of the hero. At this time, involved in the films "Winter", "I - Love" and the series "Game with Fire." The actor is married to Christina Brodskaya. Previously married to Irina Leonova and Ekaterina Klimova. The father of four children. According to the sign of the zodiac - Leo. Igor Petrenko is 183 cm tall.
Andrey Smolyakov
Actor of the television film "The Breakaway". Talking about the project, the actor claims that this is a drama about living people, in the plot of which, in addition to heroic pathos, there was a place and stories of personal life. According to the actor, in the foreground of this series are not special effects, but people.
Andrey Smolyakov, who played the role of the former commander of the battalion Argunov, was born on November 24, 1958 in the city of Podolsk (Moscow Region, USSR). GITIS graduate. Tabakov’s pupil O. P. Played in 140 cinematographic projects, including feature films “Stalingrad”, “Game of the Moths”, “Dad”, “Star”. His first cinematic role was played in 1978 in the film "Father Sergius." In 2017, he played Andrei Ryzhov in the series “Plaque”. A year earlier, he played roles in the film "Temptation" and the series "Crime". At this time he was involved in the projects "Martian", "Plant", "Phoenix" and others. Married to Daria Razumikhina. The father of one child. According to the sign of the zodiac - Sagittarius. The height of Andrei Smolyakov is 183 cm.
Another “Separation”
It is worth saying that there is also a full-length film "Detachment", which is in no way associated with the eponymous series. This movie drama by Alexander Mindadze talks about changes in the fate of a person after his wife dies in a plane crash. The main character, in search of those responsible for this tragedy, is forced to make acquaintance with the pilots of the plane flying at that fateful moment to meet the crashed airliner. The actors of the film “Detachment” (2007) are Alexander Robak, Claudia Korshunova, Stanislav Duzhnikov, Ekaterina Yudina.