"I was interested to look at Rasputin from the point of view of the truth. After all, it turned out that in the life of the Mountains of the Cellure, the director of the series Andrei Malyukov says about him. - And it happened for one simple reason - to express all the Russian emperor, everything that was noticed was impossible, it was prosecuted. Therefore, accumulated, all this black and dirt, poured into Rasputin, because it is possible. When you start to sort out beads, it turns out that there was nothing of the "great old old" and in the messenger. And if you leave and leave in a clean residue what he really did, it turns out that it was a man, sincerely struck for the Russian empire, for the king, for the queen, and categorically opposed the war. By dry residue, it was a person with a big sign "plus". And with such a tragic fate ... "
First version of the script "Grigory R." Writer Eduard Volodarsky gave to read Andrei Malyukov four years ago. The director immediately realized that it was impossible to start such a movie without an ideal artist. The first, the director thought about whom, was Vladimir Mashkov, with whom he had already worked in two pictures. And Vladimir is not what is interested in the role - caught fire. "I was already a mast director when I came to the institute and saw him in student work," says Malyukov. - I must say that since then he has developed greatly and advanced. Volodya today and then two different people. He comprehends his profession to the end, pulls out to the bottom. "
Ekaterina Klimov in the picture played Freillain Cubage. Frame from the series "Grigory R.".
Ekaterina Klimova, who played Freillan Cubeva, for the director is a kind of talisman, which is present in all paintings. In the role of Empress Alexandra Fedorovna, the director was very hoping to see Ingeborgu Dapkunate - it happened.
Creating an image of Rasputin, for Vladimir Mashkova, the correct grims were picked up - tried the beards of different density, experimented with her hair, made lining. They solved whether his beard would be their or artificial. As a result, they stopped at the last option. But the actor especially for the role has grown his own. "For Rasputin, we came up with an" exclusive "beard," says Evgeny Malinkovskaya artist. - This is not pasted on the beard tulle, and the hair we enjoy into the skin. With her, the actor can wash, he can even carry it for her - will not cut down. "
In total, 5 wigs were made for the painting, about 150 beards and 300 mustache. "When I studied the photographs of the imperial family, did not care that the Empress preferred to wear white flowers. We suggested in Geborg to give such an option, and I liked the actress. She wanted to upgrade white dresses until 1914, "said Tatiana Patrahaltsev's artist.
In the role of Empress Alexandra Fedorovna, the director was very hoping to see Ingeborgu Dapkunate - it happened. Frame from the series "Grigory R.".
The shooting of the series began in St. Petersburg at the end of April 2013 and lasted until the end of July, after which the group went to the expedition to Novgorod. Then a break was made for several months, after which the film was resumed in February: in a few days, the winter nature and the episode of the murder and drowning Rasputin were drawn. In St. Petersburg, the main places of filming were the Griboyedov Channel, Palace Square, the Arrow of Vasilyevsky Island, the Palace of Pioneers named after Zhdanov, Pavilion Rossi, the House of Scientists, Yusupovsky Defestation, Elagin Palace, the Pathos Palace of Peter I in Strelna. But the life of Rasputin in Siberia was filmed in Novgorod, in the Museum of People's Wooden Architecture "Vitoslavls", where there is a "excursion" village, which is brought from the outskirts of the Novgorod regions of ancient houses built in the museum order.
Since the complex is a sightseeing, there are no courtyards, living creatures, stena stogs and other attributes of the real village life. In order to give the "village" of life, I had to complete the courtyard Rasputin, the courtyard of the heads, the street, fences. In addition, 2 minibuses with a propulsion and a 7-meter wagon with a sleeping propulsion were delivered to Novgorod to the Novgorod: carriages, flips, bushes, pots, jugs, baskets, roofs, bottles. Local geese, goats and ducks took part in Novgorod survey. But the cow and two pigs had to carry from Peter, because none of the residents of Novgorod wanted to part with their lives, especially with cows, who at that moment was the daily season. For animal filming, there was a lot of effort to attach: a pig, flatly refused to go to the barn, put a bucket on the head and neatly pulled into a room for the tail; Kura ran around the whole museum-nature reserve, so the entire film crew family together; And no one could explain to the goose that they need to stand in the frame not one and a half minutes, but for the whole hour.
Get permission to shoot in churches and monasteries are very difficult. The church does not welcome the shooting of movies about Rasputin on its territory. There was another French group of Painting "Rasputin", in which Gerard Depardieu was filmed. "Grigory R." Andrei Malyukova suffered the same problems: the priests denied the film crew. As a result, it was decided to shoot in the Anthony monastery, founded in 1117 and relating to the architectural monuments of Veliky Novgorod. Since it is no longer valid, the film crew did not prevent anyone. Around the director's artists in two and a half days, the unique decoration of the "Building Facilities", which did not concern the roof, no wall of the monastery, so as not to damage the architectural monument. The second platform was the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin, who is also a museum.
The scene, in which Gregory Rastupina, the Dubines beat up the rigging men and trample with horses, Mashkov played without a flock. Frame from the series "Grigory R.".
"Volodya is superbly prepared and morally, and physically. He had two very complex, serious tricky scenes, "says the director of the tricks of Oleg Korytin. - The first - when his bangs beat up the rigging men and hiking horses. He worked frankly honestly, let me down to himself so close that at one moment was carried away, waved his hand and the horse hung it. Nothing terrible happened, all within the normal range. The second scene - the murder of Rasputin, when the actors beat their feet. Of course, on Mashkova, they had a special protection, covered with her back, arms, chest and legs. And stuck cascaders on it. " In the most "naturalistic" filming of Vladimir Mashkova duplicated Cascadener Sergey Trepsov, who worked with him on the film "Edge". For example, in the scene, where Rasputin beat yosups with conspirators, there are already a cascaderal in general terms: for this, Sergey Trerezov had a special metal vest, under which there was a mitigating gasket. How Trepsov is joking: "I was glad to me from the soul."