The idea of the series belongs to Actress Olga Puekodina and the trainer Edgard Tasty. "For the first time, with Olya Pogodnoy, they talked about the fact that in Russian cinema lacks interesting films with the participation of animals, especially predatory animals, somewhere eight years ago. I liked this idea, and after a few years she came with the already formed concept, "says People's Artist of Russia, director of the Grand Moskovsky State Circus on the Avenue of Vernadsky Edgard, Sparable. "Olga suggested to make a joint project about Irina Bugrimovoy - the first in the USSR, the tolder of Lviv. At that time, I didn't have the desired number of Lviv, and I put forward a counter offer - to make a film about Margarita Nazarov, the People's Artist of Russia, which became famous for participating in the film "Striped Flight". In addition, she has a very interesting story of life. "
The fate of Margarita Petrovna Nazarova is really very cinematic. It has everything: conflicts, romanticism, authentic drama and human life tragedy. And all this on an incredibly beautiful exotic and dangerous circus background, working with tigers. The creators of the film thought for a long time, to call it a series named, or make a collective image of the trainers and simply name "Margo." But at some point they realized that it would be unfair not to call the really name Nazarov, sincerely bowing to this man, before her fate, before the art of the circus.
Olga Pogodina played the legendary trainer Margarita Nazarov
The uniqueness of the project is that Olga Puekodina's actors and Andrei Chernyshov managed to be the first in the history of cinema professionally perform a huge number of global dresser tricks without attracting doubles and without the use of computer graphics. In addition, the actress Olga Pogodina was introduced into the book of Records of Russia after filming, thanks to the trick of the head of the trainer in the mouth of the tiger.
"The greatest difficulties were only in one thing: there were actors to produce in the arena with tigers and pray that they were not eaten, that's all, the painting of Alexei Pimanov's painting is divided. - I haven't had such a project yet, because it's horror. Nobody fully understands that this is a truly dangerous profession. " In addition to the fact that the creators also completely reconstructed the water playpen, which Konstantinovsky did for the attraction "Water extravagania". It was the only attraction in the world, where the tigers swam in the water. "We recreated this water playpen, filled it with water," says the artist of the leading role Olga Pogodina. - And along with Tsigritz Shakira made exactly what Margarita Petrovna did in water with tigers. Today we are the only ones who repeated it. No one did in the world in the world. A tiger in water is the most dangerous thing that can only be. Because the tiger when floats, produces claws, and this is not a lot of not enough ten blades of knives for ten centimeters each. And if you do not let God get under the paw, even if the tiger does not want to touch you, then there will be a creepy injury. Of all the tricks that we did, it is the most dangerous. "
Before starting Olga Pogodina, he had a report that the work of the trainer was serious and dangerous. "I started Olya Pogodin and Andrei Chernyshov from coming to us for a rehearsal, with animal acquaintances at a distance, through the grid, - the Odgard is divided by the Sparable. - When the actors have already begun to distinguish between animals among themselves, when they learned our tigers, their characteristics of their characters, only after that we started rehearsals. But the key in all this is not only a courage of the actors themselves, but also obedience. They were flexible plasticine in our arms with his brother, unconditionally gave us themselves as a material from which we were brother with a trash. That is, they were able to trust. "
The Motheric film "Margarita Nazarova" covers the time period from the late 30s to the beginning of the 2000s. Three years have worked on the project. In the film, several replacing each other epochs, the action unfolds in different cities and countries - shooting took place in Russia, Italy and Germany. More than 5,000 people have been attracted. The film is more than 350 characters. There were more than 150 places for filming.
All the tricks of the at books of the series were performed without doubles
"We built a circus in a natural value of 700 seats, in which it would be possible to give the presentation. Metal structures - real, all scenery are different, for six circuses of various cities and countries, from 1952 to 1980. Riga Circus, Moscow Circus, Baku, Nizhny Novgorod, Italian, Rostov. It was also necessary to display in the scenery, costumes shift eras. That is, the circus of 1952 is simply sawdust in the arena, the carpets appeared later, and in Italy there is a different coating on the Manege, "recalls the cozer and actress Olga Pogodina.
When preparing for the role of Olga Pogodina, a maximum has tried to cover the entire information field: I read something in official open sources. A lot told Edgard Sparable on the memories of his father, Walter of the stall and mother Tatiana Tastynaya. I was still talking to the trainer Mikhail Bagdasarov. Used archival materials "Rosgosterka".
Nikolai Dobrynina (he fulfilled the role of Boris Edra, who erected the Pleiad of trainers, such as Mikhail Bagdasarov and a spool walter) on the set of paintings were Dubls. "When we concluded a contract, it was written there that I had no right to work in contact with animals," the actor says. "But I still trusted Edgard Tasty." And first, in general terms, then on average, then on a large my hand concerns his tiger's wool, and, of course, overwhelms the feeling of pride, which overcame himself. After filming in this film, I understand what circus fraternity is when you are responsible for the other. Trainers are a completely different planet. "
Andrei Chernyshev played in the series "Margarita Nazarov" the wife of Nazarova, Konstantin Konstantinovsky trainer
"In my situation, it was the reconstruction of the filming of the film" Striped flight "," recalls Andrei Leonov, "unlike his father I knew what would happen, and it was consciously. Of course, it is terrible to be directly next to the tiger, especially which you have behind your back, but since I knew that Dad was able to do it, then I overcame it. And everything went well. At first I doubted whether I need to repeat such a feat, but the director Konstantin Maximov and Olga Pogododina convinced that it would be interesting for me to try his hand and play this episode in his own way, in his interpretation. I did not copy my father's image, it was interesting for me to recreate the story of the filming of that episode with a tiger, as all this was shot as the glass was cleaned. "
"We did not have a single frame without a grid or cage. Protection provided for the whole group. During each shooting day with tigers, we had protection around the perimeter, "says director Konstantin Maximov. - In the same principle, as was done on the set of "striped flight". I am happy that for all the time shooting (and this is more than 70 shooting days with tigers) we did not have a single state of emergency, not counting the case with the trainer Askold, which occurred at the last shooting day almost on the last scene, which was shot. You never know, at what stage it can happen. Tigers are very cute and graceful animals. And often move as cats - slowly, impoverished, lazily, - cajubulating your vigilance. Most time they sleep. But it may change for a split second. Therefore, in no case can you relax. They do not give even experienced trainers overlooking. "