the fact that Gregory of Constantinople to the film Gogol’s “Dead souls”, was known a year ago. He told about it, representing in Sochi “Kinotavr” his film “Storm” by Ostrovsky. The news went almost unnoticed, but is now under quarantine when any spoken word takes on a very different scale, was sensationally made a list of actors, of which Constantinople was invited to your project. Yevgeny Tsyganov will play Chichikov, and Elena Koreneva — Box. Really bomb.
the role of Sobakevich invited Alexander Robak. Manilow will play Dmitry Dyuzhev, nozdrev — Timofey Tribunal, Elijah — Mikhail Efremov. It was planned to start shooting in may — early June, when blooming lilacs, Apple and cherry. Wild spring had to go in the summer. But the pandemic has destroyed all plans. It is not excluded that the role of bureaucrats may differ between people who do not have to cast the case a direct relationship. So for once, when Constantinople was filming “Russian devil” — a free improvisation on the theme of “Crime and punishment” and “Demons” Dostoevsky and modern Raskolnikov — Ivan Makarevich. Money for the painting was not, and the plan failed to realize after six or seven years. Had to remove it, not even a normal light. There were rumors that Istanbul’s sells the role to those who are willing to invest in the picture. Almost was: the shareholders was actually shot and did a great job with the new case.
Constantinople is an experienced fighter and a very gifted filmmaker. His head arranged in a special way, imagination — over the edge, which sometimes works to the detriment. But only after the success of the series “Drunk firm” producers have opened eyes, and they began to trust him.
“Dead souls” portrayed four times with large intervals. In 1909, under the leadership of the Russian entrepreneur and a pioneer of the film production of Alexander Khanzhonkov in the railway club was featured in the famous “Dead souls”. As a Director his short films were invited Pyotr Chardynin. He played nozdryov. And the role of Chichikov got Ivan Kamskiy. Khanzhonkov felt this experience was not quite successful.
in 1960, Leonid Trauberg returned to “Dead souls”, removing the film at the famous performance of the Moscow art theatre with great and slightly half-forgotten Vladimir Belokurova in the role of Chichikov. Box played Anastasia Zueva, nozdrev — Boris Livanov, Sobakevich — Alexei. In 1984, a classic of Soviet cinema, Mikhail Schweitzer made a series film “Dead souls” with Alexander Kalyagin in a role of Chichikov, a Yuri Bogatyryov — Manilov, Tamara Nasal Small, innocent Smoktunovskyim Plyushkin. It was a very innovative reading of the poem Gogol.
In 2005, came the eight-serial “Business about “Dead souls”” by Pavel Lungin on the script by Yuri Arabov where Gogol’s characters in authentic costumes became fully modern humans and travel freely from one work to another Gogol. Carbon was actually two. Chief Pavel Ivanovich played Konstantin Khabensky and his shadow, or how to say Lungin, “the hunter demon” — Pavel Derevyanko. His character is a collegiate Registrar from St. Petersburg Ivan Afanasievich Shiller, resembling Akaky, — goes to the town to investigate the case disappeared from prison the swindler Chichikov. Commuting to landowners, it gradually transformirovalsya in the inspector, and then Chichikov.
Gregory of Constantinople can expect even more radical interpretations. In “the Storm” he’s young. Katerina, Liubov Aksenova — the usual modern girl, and the wild boar played by Victoria Tolstoganova has the restaurant business. Alisa Hazanova played the Mistress (that of an Ostrovsky — the old woman of years 70) with the Deputy mandate. Maria Shalaeva was barking Feklusha participating in the “Battle of psychics.” The Director her explained the essence of the role like this: “You’re Goebbels”. Kuligin Ivan Makarevich performs it as written rap and dopilsya to the fact that it will take the aliens.
To “Dead souls” is quite applicable words of Constantinople, speaks of the “Storm”: “In Russia for 10 years, everything changes, and 200 — nothing”. When Alexey Herman-the senior said that Gogol should look for code of Russian life, and remembered how, being in a small town, saw a puddle with a pig, he was approached by a policeman and asked: “Think of us as a hole?” “If to speak about “Khrustalyov” (the film “Khrustalev, the car!”), we shot Gogol, only no one except Konchalovsky, did not understand. We tried to remove Stalin Gogol’s time.”
the plans of Gregory of Constantinople — “Eugene Onegin”. But then he has a competitor. To film “Eugene Onegin” in the near future intends to Sarik Andreasyan. To make the two “Onegina” the Russian film industry will be difficult.
