The famous Soviet director who gave the countrythe best screen version of Russian folklore, folk tales in literary processing, Alexander Rowe, tried to convey to the audience not just content, but also "good fellows lesson," the spirituality of the fairy tale, the moral traditions and the spirit of the native country.
His work is imbued with enthusiasm, optimism,poetry, humor and mischief, an indispensable element of any film adaptation is the abundance of razudaloy music. In Rowe's films, there are many unusual characters, whose roles are sometimes played by the same actors. "Morozko" - one of the most successful and favorite movie maker. The painting brought the director of the grand prix of the Venice International Film Festival and the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR.
Two years after the release of the tape, the tape wasis presented to the American audience. The audience in the US did not appreciate the movie, most likely because of the difference in mentality and cultural traditions. Most of the Americans who watched the picture unanimously contributed Rowe's masterpiece to the list of the worst films of all time. They are not given to understand all the beauty and poetry of the film - this is how the actors involved in the project, who were tolerant of the overseas viewer's criticism, explained it. "Morozko" still found one ardent adherent in the US, it was Steven Spielberg. The reference director named the film Rowe the forerunner of many film masterpieces of the Dream Factory.
But in the Czech Republic the picture has acquired the status of a cult, forCzechs this work Rowe several decades was a mandatory and traditional winter hit. Everyone, both old and young, knew who Morozko was. Actors and roles have gained international recognition and fame. Actress Inna Churikova, who performed the role of Marfushi, was awarded an honorary award at the insistence of the country's public - a silver medal of Masaryk.
The tale "Morozko", the actors of which were selectedby A. Rowe, became a starring film for all the leading roles. The director not only independently recruited an actor's team, but also in the process of casting, and after filming he did not spare either the experienced stage masters or inexperienced debutants.
The happiest ticket from all debutantswent to Natalia Sedykh, who played the role of the main character - Nastenka. While the assistants of the director were looking for a young girl with a pupa's face and a pure naive look, the director saw the future take on television in the broadcast of figure skating. Despite the fact that many well-known and experienced actresses tried to play the role, Row preferred Sedykh.
Young, unsophisticated girl sincerelyfell in love with his partner actor Edward Izotov, the performer of the role of Ivan. The whole film crew was imbued with an understanding of the situation: both the staff and the actors. "Morozko" did not become the cradle of a strong mutual feeling. Izotov by that time was a professional artist and older than Natalia for as many as 15 years.
"Frosty" - a film whose actors are all like onefell under the spell of the performer of the role of Baba-yaga Georgy Millar. The evil old woman turned out well with the actor, evolving from a fairy tale to a fairy tale. But he had a problem, he almost daily used alcohol. Rowe was terribly angry with him for that, but he could not do anything with his pet. Once Miller literally saved the picture from death. He was the only one in the room where the footage was lying, at the moment when there was a break in the pipe. The actor immediately rushed into the icy water and took out the film.
For the role of Marfushenka-darling, twoactress, or rather, one full-fledged - wise with the experience of prima Tamara Nosova and the second - a student Inna Churikova, for whom filming in the cinema was to be a debut. Unimpaired Churikova without a shadow of a doubt fulfilled all the requirements of a discerning director - she climbed without hesitation into a dirty pond, leech-bitten, gnawed nuts, not sparing her teeth, so Row chose her. Many of the participants in the filming process did not understand the choice of the director, especially the more experienced actors.
The premiere display of the tape was deafeningly successful. On all the blue screens triumphantly marched the tale "Morozko." The actors woke up the next morning famous. But despite the successful start, the acting career did not develop neither in Sedykh, nor in Izotov.
Because of the vicissitudes of fate, Izotov was arrested andsent to places of imprisonment for three years with confiscation of property. In Soviet times, it was not accepted to discuss such sensitive issues, and the viewer did not know that the hero of their favorite fairy tales suffered six strokes and died in a clinic for the mentally ill.
Natalia Sedykh voluntarily decided to leave the movie andfully devote themselves to ballet. After her ballet career was over, the ballerina actress tried to return to the cinema, but all her roles turned out to be passing, did not bring the actress any glory or praise of the critics.
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