“Don't Be Born Beautiful” is a Russian comedy - melodramatic television series produced by the Amedia film company, which was shown from September 5, 2005 to July 7, 2006 on STS channel. Adaptation of the Colombian telenovela “Yo soy Betty, la fea” (“I am Betty, the ugly girl”) [1] . The series was successful in Russia [2] and significantly raised the ratings of the channel [3] .
| Do not be born beautiful | |
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| Genre | melodrama comedy |
| Creator | Fernando Gaitan |
| Based upon | |
| Screenwriter | Ivan Ugarov Elena Bykovskaya and others |
| Producer | Alexander Nazarov Sergey Pikalov and others |
| Cast | Nelly Uvarova Grigory Antipenko Peter Krasilov Artyom Semakin Olga Lomonosova Julia Takshina |
| Composer | Anastasia Maximova, Anton Schwartz |
| A country |  Russia |
| Original language | |
| Number of seasons | |
| Number of episodes | 200 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Alexander Rodnyansky Alexander Akopov Natalia Shneidorova |
| Operator | Vladimir Bykhovsky Valentin Chernovol Igor Horev Olga Livinskaya |
| Timing | 42 min |
| Studio | |
| Broadcast | |
| Tv channel | STS |
| On the screens | September 5, 2005 - July 7, 2006 |
| References | |
| IMDb | ID 0850978 |
Content
Story
Katya is a smart and educated girl, but outwardly absolutely unattractive. This circumstance prevents her from finding a good job. By the will of fate, Katya manages to get a secretary at the fashion clothing company Zimaletto. But here, her appearance, as well as devotion to her boss Andrei Zhdanov, cause rejection among other employees of the company. In particular, the bride of Andrei Kira does not like Katya because she covers Zhdanov’s infidelity, Kira’s girlfriend Vika - because she walked around her when applying for a job, designer Milko - because she insults his sense of beauty with her appearance. However, Katya falls in love with handsome Andrei and is ready to endure everything for him. She hopes that her chosen one will reciprocate one day.
Things are not going well for the company, and Andrei needs Katya's help to hide this. A bit later, the company vice president Roman Malinovsky, involved in the fraud, had doubts about Katya's fidelity, and so that she would not deceive them, Malinovsky persuades Andrei to play love with his ugly secretary. Andrei is forced to agree, but gradually he falls in love with a sincere and devoted girl. However, all the secret sooner or later becomes apparent.
Upon learning that Andrei’s love is just a game, Katya reveals all his machinations to members of the board of directors and leaves. Former Zimaletto employee Juliana, who appreciates professionalism in people and not appearance, takes Katya to work in her PR agency . Juliana, as well as other new friends Katie help her transform both externally and internally. Now she is no longer the timid ugly, as before. Suddenly, one of the founders of Zimaletto, Andrei’s father, turns to her: as a result of the machinations of his son, Katya actually became the owner of the company. He offers the girl to take the presidency, as other candidates did not cope with this post.
Cast
| Actor, actress | Role | Role description |
|---|---|---|
| Nelly Uvarova | Ekaterina Valeryevna Pushkareva | The secretary of Andrei Zhdanov, later became an assistant and then acting president of Zimaletto, daughter of Elena and Valery Pushkaryov. Because of the dressing style, it causes antipathy for many company employees, especially Kira, Vicki and Milko. On the other hand, she achieved a loyal attitude among the members of the Women's Council, which always sided with her. She is very hardworking and ready to endure any attacks of her boss, suffers a lot of bullying, as she never complains. On the other hand, Katya very skillfully and strictly conducts business negotiations. After he learns about the conspiracy of Andrei and Roman, substitutes them, revealing all the frauds in the reports, and escapes to work with Vinogradova. Later, at the insistence of his father, Andrei went to work as the interim director of Zimaletto and changed greatly by this moment, from appearance to character. |
| Grigory Antipenko | Andrey Pavlovich Zhdanov | The president of Zimaletto, the groom of Kira Voropaeva, who is constantly cheating on her bride, is the best friend of Roman Malinovsky, later - the vice president of Zimaletto, the son of Margarita and Pavel Zhdanov. At first he was cold to Katya, but later he began to trust almost all of his affairs and shadow transactions of the company in order to save her. Very afraid of pressure from Alexander. Gradually falls in love with Katerina and begins to suffer when Katya leaves him because of deception, and for a long time tries to convince her of the sincerity of her love. Kira once had strong feelings for a long time, but fell out of love by the time Katie joined the company and remained with her only because of fear of offending her. |
| Artyom Semakin | Nikolai Antonovich Zorkin | Katya Pushkaryova’s best friend, who lives in the next entrance, the financial director of Nikamody, later became the financial director of Zimaletto. In the beginning, he periodically became a victim of bullying by street hooligans. Like Katya, she is very smart, has a higher economic education, takes her work seriously and has the habit of dressing conservatively, but later changes her clothing style several times to be more attractive. In love with Victoria and creates a dubious relationship with her later, and she goes to meet him solely for the sake of money and a car, Nikolai closes his eyes for a long time, but later completely disappoints and voluntarily breaks off “pseudo-relationships” with Vika. |
| Peter Krasilov | Roman Dmitrievich Malinovsky | Vice-president of Zimaletto, the best friend of Andrei Zhdanov, lovelace. Along with Katya solves critical and secret issues of company development. He has a neutral relationship with Katya, although he often openly expresses his antipathy to her. Due to his windy attitude towards girls, he earned a bad reputation. At the beginning I noticed Katya’s love for Andrey. In the end, he leaves the company due to the fact that Andrei beat him, but in the final Katya reconciles Andrei and Roman. |
| Olga Lomonosova | Kira Yurievna Voropaeva | The bride of Andrei Zhdanov, daughter of Yuri Voropaev, the younger sister of Christina and Alexander Voropaev. Kira constantly torments Andrei with her jealousy (but the series also clearly emphasizes the fact that Andrei himself gives her a reason, and Andrei admits this more than once), head of the Zimaletto sales department. Strongly against Katya's presence and together with Vika trying to smoke her out of the company because of intense jealousy. At the very end, Katya admits the right to love Andrei and persuades him not to leave him. |
| Mikhail Zhigalov | Valery Sergeevich Pushkaryov | Husband of Elena Pushkaryova, father of Katya Pushkaryova, retired lieutenant colonel, accountant of Nikamody, later - chief accountant of Nikamody and Zimaletto. She is always worried about Katya and constantly demands that she come home from work late, because of excessive care for her daughter, she often creates new problems or uncomfortable situations for her. |
| Irina Muravyova | Elena Alexandrovna Pushkareva | Wife of Valery Pushkaryov, mother of Katya Pushkaryova, housewife. Cooks well. |
| Julia Takshina | Victoria Arkadyevna Klochkova | The second secretary of Andrei Zhdanov, the best friend of Kira Voropaeva, later - her personal secretary, the ex-wife of Kirill Kvashennikov (from the company Summer-Oil). I got a job only thanks to connections. According to the resume of Victoria, who appeared on the screen for a couple of seconds in the first series, Victoria was born on 12/11/1977. Unlike Katya, Vika is an absolutely mediocre worker who stayed at her post only thanks to Kira and is engaged in self-care, idleness or hangs around Kira all her working day. On the other hand, feeling completely unpunished, she mocked Katya for a long time, tried to smoke her and spied in favor of Alexander. She later detaches herself from Katya and subsequently becomes a victim of collective mobbing by the female team. He has a manner of living in a "big way", so he has problems with paying debts. Cleverly tunes Kira against Andrei, Katya and the Women's Council. After Kira's voluntary departure, she immediately escapes from the company. |
| Ilya Lyubimov | Alexander Yurievich Voropaev | The son of Yuri Voropaev, the elder brother of Kira and Kristina Voropaevs, is eager to get the Zimaletto company in her hands and is trying in various ways to drive Andrei out of there by inciting scandals. Very rude, straightforward, inclined to tell the truth to people in the eye. For some time I met with Vika to spy in his favor, but later she begins to scoff and humiliate the girl. After the disclosure of fraud, Andrei becomes the new director of Zimaletto, however, he manifests himself as an inept manager and deliberately substitutes the company to pay off his debts at the casino. |
| Maria Mashkova | Maria Alekseevna Tropinkina | Secretary at the reception of Zimaletto, later became secretary of the president of Zimaletto, mother of Yegor, girlfriend of Fedor Korotkov. Good friend Katie. |
| Anna Dimova | Amura Buyo | Secretary of Kira Voropaeva, later became secretary at the reception of Zimaletto. Is a hereditary fortune teller and her fortune-telling mostly come true. It has African roots. |
| Raisa Ryazanova | Olga Vyacheslavovna Uyutova | Assistant designer Milko. An elderly and friendly woman, loves to work. He is friends with Katya and the Women's Council and acts as a wise mediator, but does not approve of their gossip. |
| Natalya Ryzhikh | Svetlana Fedorovna Lokteva | Assistant to the financial director of Zimaletto Yaroslav Vetrov, later - assistant to the financial director Nikolai Zorkin and chief accountant Valery Pushkaryov, ex-wife of Zakhar Loktev, mother of Peter and Anastasia Loktev. Very jealous of her lover Zahar - Mariyana Pereguda; not able to hold her emotions and breaks down. |
| Julia Kuvarzina | Tatyana Georgievna Poncheva | Assistant to George Uryadov, wife of Anatoly Ponchev. |
| Irina Sirotinskaya | Alexandra Kriventsova | The secretary of Roman Malinovsky, later - the secretary of Roman Malinovsky and Andrei Zhdanov, the girl Shurik. |
| Victor Dobronravov | Fedor Mikhailovich Korotkov | The courier "Zimaletto", the boyfriend of Maria Tropinkina, long sought her heart and for this purpose deliberately met with the girls to cause jealousy at Tropinkina. |
| Vitaly Egorov | Milko Vukanovich Momchilovich | Designer of Zimaletto. Open homosexual . A frequent guest at the Blue Light gay club , Ronald's boyfriend. Selfish, often falls into fits of anger and blackmail employees, taking advantage of his important position in the company. He is inclined to judge women solely by their appearance, therefore, he hates Katya, rushes without any reason insults at her and accuses her of intentional persecution. Schemer. Tied to Olga Vyacheslavovna, listens to Kira, communicates well with Vika. |
| Sergey Bolotaev | Sergey Sergeevich Potapkin | Guard Zimaletto. First she teased Catherine and mocked her, later became more loyal to her. |
| Dmitry Zenichev | Yaroslav Borisovich Vetrov | Former CFO of Zimaletto. After leaving the company, he worked with Alexander Voropaev, extracting important information for him. Later, he will again start working at Zimaletto. |
| Karina Ivanova, then - Daria Luzina | Mariana Pereguda | Former promoter margarine “Little girl” in the supermarket, model for fitting and closed shows “Zimaletto”, lover Zakhara Lokteva. Intriguer, deliberately arranges provocations in front of Tropinkina and Lokteva. |
| Alexander Korzhenkov | Zakhar Loktev | Former husband of Svetlana Lokteva, father of Peter and Anastasia Loktev, veterinarian, lover of Marianna Peregudy. |
| Andrey Kuzichev | Mikhail Alekseevich Borshchov | A friend of Julianna Vinogradova, the son of Larisa and Alexei Borshchovs, a cook, the creator of restaurants. Sincerely loves Ekaterina Pushkaryova. |
| Olga Levitina | Vasilisa Kuznetsova | The waitress of the Cafe Camomile, a dancer in a nightclub. |
| Olga Ostroumova | Margarita Rudolfovna Zhdanova | Wife of Pavel Zhdanov, mother of Andrei Zhdanov. |
| Natalya Rychkova | Juliana Filippovna Vinogradova | Director of a PR agency, originally - a friend of Kira Voropaeva, later - the best friend of Ekaterina Pushkaryova. She has feminist sentiments and criticizes attitudes towards women at work, for example, she was angry at the fact that Catherine worked in the pantry. |
| George Taratorkin | Pavel Olegovich Zhdanov | Former president of Zimaletto, husband of Margarita Zhdanova, father of Andrei Zhdanov. |
| Julia Rutberg | Kristina Yurievna Voropaeva | Daughter of Yuri Voropaev, sister of Kira and Alexander Voropaev. Although she is a shareholder of the company, she has little sense in the economy and her participation in the company is minimized. Interested in yoga and other original methods to relieve stress. |
| Mikhail Shklovsky | Victor Olegovich Tsypin | Hooligan, neighbor and former classmate of Katya Pushkaryova and Kolya Zorkina. |
| Oleg Shklovsky | Georgy Yuryevich Uryadov | The head of the personnel department of Zimaletto, married, but constantly cheating on his wife. Ladies' man. |
| Oleg Kukhta | Anatoly Khmelin | The competitor Zimaletto from the Italian company Fontana. He conspired with Alexander and, in exchange for a solid bribe, invited him to release the collection later than Fontana. |
| Irina Shebeko | Valeria Izotova | Top model, former lover of Andrei Zhdanov. |
| Mikhail Safronov | Alexander Alekseevich | |
| Evgeny Kosyrev | Anatoly Ponchev | The husband of Tatyana Poncheva. |
| Victor Cherepanov | Ivan Vasilievich | Production manager at Zimaletto. |
| Pavel Misailov | Boris Filin | Lawyer of Nikamoda, lawyer of Ekaterina Pushkaryova. |
| Sergey Epishev | Boris Rulin | Lawyer of Nikamoda, lawyer of Ekaterina Pushkaryova. |
| Vladimir Yaglych | Leonid | Masha’s guy. |
| Zahar Rongin | Radik | Programmer. |
| Mikhail Khimichev | Nikita Minaev | Friend of Kira Voropaeva, unrequitedly in love with her, divorced. He is engaged in the development of large shopping centers. |
| Sergey Oleksyak | Shurik | Casino courier, guy Shurochka Kriventsova. |
| Ola keiro | Anton | Basketball player, Amura Buyo guy. |
| Valery Zolotukhin | Igor Sergeevich | Taxi driver. |
| Lyudmila Alyokhina | Larisa Petrovna Borshcheva | Wife of Alexei Borshchov, mother of Mikhail Borshchov. |
| Victor Bunakov | Alexey Borshchev, | Husband of Larisa Borshchova, father of Mikhail Borshchov. |
| Victor Ryabov | Felix Korsakov | Restaurant critic. |
| Alexander Chislov | Valery Vladimirovich | Casino courier with a Rubik's Cube. |
| Alexey Losikhin | Dmitry Valerievich Sinitsky . | |
| Oleg Maslennikov-Voitov | Ronald | Milko’s guy has a beautiful appearance that drives the whole women's council crazy, but they are bitterly disappointed after they find out that he is gay . |
| Natalya Starikova | Nadezhda Tkachuk | Business partner Zimaletto from Kiev. |
| Petar Zekavitsa | Hans Kramer | An expert in the purchase of fashionable clothes. |
| Julia Vaishnur | Anna Aleksandrovna | Hotel administrator. |
| Evgeny Kalinin | Sergey Evgenievich | Bus driver |
Guest Celebrities ( cameo )
- Anastasia Volochkova
- Andrey Grigoryev-Apollonov
- Alina Kabaeva
- Tina Kandelaki
- Tatyana Lazareva
- Alexander Malis
- Oksana Fedorova
- Dima Bilan
- Yulia Savicheva
- Evelina Khromchenko
- Grimm brothers
- Heraclius
- Sasha Vertinskaya
- Tasha Strict
- Alexander Panayotov
- Gennady Antonyuk - Baby Mo
- Zaza Napoli
Camera crew
Stage Director:
- Alexander Nazarov
TV Director:
- Irina Glebova
Chief Editor:
- Galina Ivkina
Head of Development:
- Nelly Vysotskaya
Advisor Script:
- James Kramer
Head of scenario department:
- Tatyana Belichenko
The plot authors:
- Valentina Shevyakhova
- Ekaterina Narshi
- Ekaterina Brezgunova
- Shura Nikitin
Screenwriters:
- Ivan Ugarov
- Elena Bykovskaya
- Maria Vdovenko
- Svetlana Zelenova
- Natalya Marfina
- Mikhail Sokolovsky
- Svetlana Frichinskaya
- Anatoly Rudenko
- Natalya Kudryavtseva
- Victoria Avdeenko
- Alexey Krasovsky
- Ilya Artibilov
Scenic Office:
- Tatyana Chernetskaya
- Tatyana Filippova
- Alfiya Zagitova
- Anna Artyunova
- Anton Parshin
- Alisa Perfilieva
- Alexandra Booth
Production Designer:
- Mikhail Vinogradov
Makeup artist:
- Lada Shvedova
Costume Designer:
- Elena Uvarova
Director:
- Dmitry Belosokhov
Filming
As the facade of the Zimaletto building, the facade of the Tower 2000 business center, which is part of the Moscow City complex, was removed [4] . Filming of the series took place in the filming pavilions of the Amedia company [5] .
Screensaver Song
Initially, the background music of the screen saver was Yulia Savicheva ’s song “If Love Lives in the Heart” (episodes 76 to 85 with a modified arrangement), which quickly became a hit after falling into the rotation of many radio stations in Russia.
Starting from the 169th series, the background music of the screen saver was Alena Vysotskaya ’s song “I See You” (in the final series, the arrangement was slightly changed).
At the end of the 200th, last series, the song “If Love Lives in the Heart” was sung in turn by the main characters of the series.
Rewards
- 2006 - TEFI Award in the Producer category ( Alexander Rodnyansky , Alexander Akopov , Natalia Shneiderova, Ilya Papernov, Elena Markovskaya) [6] .
Facts
- The fictitious Zimaletto trademark was purchased from Amedia Film in 2006 by Sela Corporation [7] . Currently, under this brand, fashionable clothes are produced.
- The story of Katya Pushkaryova was spoofed in the animated series “ UmaNetto ” (also “Amedia”), which aired on STS in 2007 [8] .
Notes
- ↑ Julia Gordienko . America offers its own version of the story "Do not be born beautiful," Komsomolskaya Pravda (March 11, 2008). Date of treatment March 9, 2014.
- ↑ "Don't Be Born Beautiful" as the New Russian Cinderella (November 7, 2005). Date of treatment March 9, 2014.
- ↑ Valuable footage
- ↑ Tower 2000 Business Center in the cinema
- ↑ "Do not be born beautiful" removed at a ball-bearing factory
- ↑ TEFI 2006 (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment June 1, 2014. Archived June 25, 2012.
- ↑ The series “Don't Be Born Beautiful” “surrendered” the fictional brand “Zimaletto” to a real company , Izvestia (May 18, 2006). Date of treatment April 9, 2012.
- ↑ Features of the animation business . Business Magazine (July 1, 2008). Date of treatment April 9, 2012. Archived May 31, 2012.
Links
- Series page on the official website of STS
- How the super series “Don't Be Born Beautiful” was filmed / Komsomolskaya Pravda, 9 SEP. 2006