Roles and actors "Varvara-beauty, a long braid"

Who among us in my childhood did not see the kind fairy tales of director A. Row ?! This wonderful director has always chosen good and beautiful stories for his film work. Famous and played in his films, Soviet actors. "Varvara-beauty, a long braid" - one of the works of a great director - is a direct confirmation of this.

Let's consider in more detail the cast of this film.

History of the creation of cinema

The film "Varvara-beauty, a long braid" belongs to the late works of the director. He was put on the Gorky Film Studio in 1969. The director shot and star composition of his favorite actors, and invited and very young artists, and, as always used the folk story, creatively reworked by VA Zhukovsky.

Filming took place on the banks of the Moscow River, so the film crew did not even leave the Moscow region. Meanwhile, thanks to the work of the director and his team, the impression was created that everything is happening in some magical country with extraordinary landscapes.

The fairy tale "Varvara-Krasa, a Long Spit" was demonstrated by the Soviet audience on the eve of the New 1971 season. Immediately she won a lot of admirers, both among young spectators, and among the older generation, who appreciated the work of the master of direction - Alexander Rowe.

Again, this actor played the role of evil ...

No film Row has done without this artist.

Sometimes Georgi Frantsevich Millar played even several roles in one film. Who he was not! And Baba Yaga, and Frog, and Devil!

The list can be continued indefinitely. This time he played in the film the role of Miracle-Yudo - the king of the sea, a bit ferocious and merciless (as a sea monster supposed to be), but a sweet and quite nice villain, the father of the main character - the beautiful Barbara.

In the movie "Varvara-beauty, a long braid," Millaru fully realized the image of his hero. As always, the actor used a very good make-up (this time his face was covered with a greenish compound, he attached a huge mustache, dressed in royal furs and created unusually terrible hands for him). But makeup is just a mask, she alone could not convey what the actor could do: charm and cunning, the pursuit of villainy and some childish naivety of the hero.

Needless to say, this role completely took place.

main character

On the role of the main characters, Rowe always managed to choose beautiful girls. At the same time their beauty was some kind of deep, not so much physical, as spiritual.

This feature made his main heroines adorable.

Tatyana Nikolaevna Klyuyeva, who played the role of the beautiful and clever Barbara, was not an exception.

Many actors of the fairy tale "Varvara-Krasa, the long braid" were already known to the audience, but Tatyana Nikolayevna managed to star in only 3 films.

The whole country was amazed at how easily and boldly the young actress coped with the difficult task. It would seem that now this girl was waiting for great fame and many more roles in the cinema. However, Tatyana Nikolayevna acted like a real beauty Varvara. She sacrificed her profession for love, married and devoted herself entirely to family life. Now she lives in the city of Sevastopol, because her husband is a sailor of distant voyage.

Two Andrews - prince and fisherman's son

Both actors coped with their roles brilliantly. One played a well-fed but completely ill-bred royal offspring - pampered, lazy and self-centered, the other played the role of a Russian kind fellow - beautiful in body and soul, the real husband of the beautiful Barbara.

The first role was played by actor Sergei Nikolaev. Despite the lack of professional acting education, Sergey Nikolaev made a good film career, he starred in more than 50 films. Often he could be seen at the shooting of the children's magazine "Yeralash". Currently, Sergei Nikolaev is actively engaged in public work in the field of Orthodox culture.

The second role went to Alexei Katyshev. This young man Rowe accidentally saw at the film studio. Alexey graduated from the course of sound engineers and did not dream of working in a movie. Rowe played two of his starring roles in different films: the good of the young man Vasily and Andrey, the fisherman's son.

The fate of this actor was tragic. After Rowe's death, he remained unclaimed. Family fate, too, brought not only joy, but often disappointment. Alexey worked as a driver. Relatives deceived him from housing. He died in the 57th year of life from beatings and a serious illness.

The Tsar and his retinue

Some actors of the movie "Varvara-Krasa, a long braid" were known to the audience. This involved primarily the actors of the older generation.

The role of the king in a fairy tale was performed by the famous comedian Mikhail Pugovkin, who had previously starred in Rowe in such films.

Possessing an extraordinary sense of humor, plasticity and bright acting talent, Pugovkin was able to fully fulfill the acting task before him - he played a somewhat naive, stupid and good-natured antipode Miracle-Judah.

Actor Anatoly Kubatsky played the role of the deacon Afony - cunning and tricky servant of the naive king, who planned the failed exchange of babies. The fate of the actor has developed quite successfully both in personal and professional terms. He lived a long 93 years and was able to embody on the screen a lot of bright roles.

The same long professional and real life was lived by the actress Lydia Koroleva, who played the wife of Afonya - Praskovya.

A lot was done to create his film director, but he also had talented actors. "Varvara-beauty, a long braid" vividly proves the truth of this statement.

Let us recall another actress, already young and well-known at the time, Varvara Popova, who played the nanny of Varvarushka. This wonderful Russian theater actress in the second half of her life has played a lot of roles in the cinema.

"Varvara-beauty, a long braid": actors and roles - real pirates

Everyone who watched this film, remember the role of the real and quite ferocious pirates. Roles are comical, and the pirates themselves always merged with the viewer in one image, represented in 4 persons.

These actors were actors Alexander Khvylya, Lev Potemkin, Arkady Tsinman and Isaak Leongarov.

The first of these, A. Khvylya, was a People's Artist of the Russian Soviet Socialist Republic, a very famous actor who played many roles in theater and cinema (by the way, he played the role of Morozko in another picture of Rowe).

Lev Potemkin was an operetta actor, who was also filmed in a movie. It was he who participated in the creation of another fairy tale by Rowe - about Finiste - Clear Falcon.

Arkady Tsinman was an actor of the Moscow Art Theater, who also allowed himself to flash on the screen from time to time.

Isaak Leongarov is an actor of the Moscow operetta.

Here such different people have united around a film-fairy tale "Varvara-beauty, a long braid".

Unfaithful suitors

Among the roles of the film, there are also comic roles of rejected suitors. Such suicidal suitors were played by Boris Sichkin, Ivan Baida and Roman Yuriev.

Among them, the name of Boris Sichkin is most known. He was not only a talented actor, but also a choreographer, songwriter, composer. He lived a bright life, starred in many Soviet films. In the late 70's. Emigrated to the United States, where he also tried to work in the movies, but he did not achieve his former glory. The fairy tale "Varvara-Krasa, a long braid" was attractive for the actor to demonstrate not only his acting talent, but also choreographic abilities.

Merry old woman and a great storyteller

It is worth remembering two more memorable roles of two already middle-aged actresses. The film "Varvara-Krasa, a Long Spit" allowed to demonstrate once again her talent to Vera Altay, who played an old lady, and Anastasia Zueva, who, as always, acted as a storyteller.

The faith of Altai, which came from an intelligent family and loved the scene from her youth, was glorified for the negative roles in Rowe's films. Whom only she did not play with him! But the role of the merry little old woman was still positive. Despite the fact that the actress was almost invisible, she coped with it just fine!

Anastasia Zueva lived a long and fruitful life. She came from a peasant environment, maybe, therefore, in the theater and cinema, she always played especially the role of simple heroines from the people. Thanks to her participation, Rowe films have always been permeated with the Russian folk spirit and amazing atmosphere of a good fairy tale, where evil will always be defeated, and noble heroes will find happiness and a well-deserved reward.

The meaning of Rowe's work

Many more can be written, considering the theme: "Barbarian beauty, a long braid: actors and roles." Russian director of Irish descent, Alexander Rowe, created for the audience films that survived for a long time him and those who shot it.

What is the secret of his success?

Apparently, he is imprisoned in the ability to select plots and find the right images of the characters, look for actors and help them create unique characters before the movie camera. And what actors they were! "Varvara-beauty, a long braid" took place due to their talent and creative skill.

Some of these actors have already left this world today, however their faces, recorded on the film, still live among us. They smile, laugh and tell the children a beautiful tale of love and the victory of good over evil.

Let's not forget them. Much for us made these actors, "Barbara-beauty, a long braid" - this is a movie that forever entered the treasury of Russian cinema.