"The psychic phenomenon in the late 1980s - early 1990s lies in the time: collapsed the USSR, in which for most people it seemed to be everything clear that it was good that faith was shaken," says director Dmitry Konstantinov. - In fact, such people were always, only their popularity is about the same level. And a splash of interest in them occurs on the fracture of the epoch when it is not clear what to believe. And you want to believe in something, therefore faith in such people is increasing. "
To prepare for shooting, the director passed everything that was about psychics, documentaries, video recordings in the laboratory of research institutes, where they studied this phenomenon, performances not only by Kashpirovsky and Chumak, but also their Western colleagues, as well as transcripts of various performances. Therefore, all the "miracles" that the heroes of the TV series "Wonderworker" are taken from the real performances of psychics: for example, like a boy, a sick cerebral palsy, made his fingers, or as a blind girl began to distinguish the light.
For filming Fyodor Bondarchuk agreed to try on a wig. Frame from the TV series "Wonderworker".
Fedor Bondarchuk, who played Viktor Stavitsky, went to meet the creators of the series, agreed to an unusual wig, because he himself wanted to see himself in a somewhat different from the usual image. "He has a gorgeous texture - the lack of hair," said Elena Vakhovskaya artist. - Plus, we found wonderful adhesives, it is not even glue, but a special silicone produced by medical corporations to wear wigs. For our film, the actor went and one more sacrifice - shaved the familiar beard. We also invented the glasses in which his hero appears in the scenes of the flashback, which makes his kind a little defenseless. With Oksana Fander, we agreed that it would not use modern hair care products before filming. After all, at that time there was a feeling that the hair is more fluffy, volume, precisely because there was no air conditioner, no supercharging balms and oils. And Oksana, thank you, agreed. "
All "wonders" who make the heroes of the "Wonderworker" series, taken from the real speeches of psychics. .
The details of Mosfilm have done a lot of work so that all objects in the frame to the details correspond to the era of the time. The toys of the Soviet period had to be sought on the Internet, through collectors and even in the Black Toy Museum, where the Soviet samples are collected. Banks with cucumbers Then almost all were without swivel covers, and the same Borjomi bottle was a darker color, with an elongated neck, nothing to do with today's day. About 30 units of gaming transport are involved in the series: trucks, cars, "ambulance" and buses. For example, the raffik "ambulance" in Moscow is only one. Especially under the "Wonderworker" his salon was redoned under the ambulance salon of that time, covering Dermantine, so that there was the same wheelchair. Yes, and "Byuche", on which Arbenin drives, is one to all Moscow, the transitional model, produced from 1987 to 1989.
"I decided to remove in the" Wonderworker "because I really liked the story. Lookie Scenario: Drama with elements of detective, mysticism and love line, - says Fyodor Bondarchuk. - I do not play Kashpirovsky, as many believe, although my hero of the manner dress up on speeches looks like a leather jacket, lacquered boots, black shirt. The end of the 1980s - the beginning of the 1990s is such a bright period of my life! I graduated from school, served in the army, entered VGIK, my first creative experiments. The times were stormy, the country rapidly changed, and the fact that I was in the conscious age and I remember everything clearly, it stands dear. And on these shootings I caught a feeling a couple of times, as if on the car time in those years rolled. "
The details of Mosfilm have done a lot of work so that all objects in the frame to the details correspond to the era of the time. .
For an actress Oksana Folders, who played the role of faith, the series "The Wonderworker" became the first in which she worked on the set with his husband Philippe Yankovsky (Nikolai Arbenin). "I am interested in working with him, we first play together," says Oksana. - But it is difficult for me to comment on our partnership, because I can not be objective here. Probably due to the fact that we know each other, there are some nuances. Or vice versa. Before shooting, when the joint scenes are coming, we always discuss, read and decide what and how do tomorrow. And never discuss when they have already done. I was very lucky with makeup artists and in a suit. They did not even expect my readiness in this role to be so closed and gray. It seemed to me logical. My heroine Vera passes a certain way from love seemingly real. And these are two different people. And the costumes and I decided to do this: while she is in the well-being "love from the head", it is closed. As soon as its inner lightning begins to unbutton, it becomes lighter and open. " For the actress, first assumed to sew costumes from the designers, but then together with her they decided to leave this idea and look for vintage clothes that she loved. Oksana for the truth. As a result, the suit of her heroine consists of 95 percent of the threshold vintage. The maximum that artists did, it adjusted the dresses on her figure.