“ The Master of the Taiga ” is a Soviet detective film of 1968 . The script of the film was written by Boris Mozhaev based on his story “The Power of the Taiga”.
| Taiga master | |
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| Genre | Detective film |
| Producer | Vladimir Nazarov |
| Author script | Boris Mozhaev |
| In the main cast | Valery Zolotukhin Vladimir Vysotsky |
| Composer | Leonid Afanasyev |
| Film company | Mosfilm , Creative Union “Ray” |
| Duration | 83 minutes |
| A country |  the USSR |
| Tongue | |
| Year | 1968 |
| Next movie | “The loss of a witness ” |
| IMDb | ID 0063180 |
Subsequently, the continuation of “ Witness Missing ” (1971) and “ Preliminary Investigation ” (1978) was filmed with Valery Zolotukhin (district police officer Seryozhin) in the title role.
Content
Story
In the taiga village, where the rafters are rafting and everything is visible, an emergency occurs - a night theft in the village store . The smelter Nikolay Ipatov ( Mikhail Kokshenov ) is recognized as complicity. He was detained, but some contradictions on the basis of the materials of the criminal case do not give rest to the young district foreman Serezhkin ( Valery Zolotukhin ) - he realizes that Ipatov is innocent.
Suspicion falls on the artisan of cobblers-foresters and their foreman Ivan Ryabogo ( Vladimir Vysotsky ). On the night when Ryaby is about to leave (sail away) from the village with his beloved woman ( Lionella Pyryeva ), Serezhkin decides to intercept him and conduct a search. During the search, stolen things are discovered, and the foreman is forced to arrest him. But not only he was involved in the case ...
Cast
- Valery Zolotukhin - foreman Vasily Fokich Serezhkin
- Vladimir Vysotsky - Ivan Ryaboy, foremen foreman
- Lionella Pyryeva - Nyurka, cook
- Mikhail Kokshenov - Nikolai Ipatov, raftingman
- Dmitry Masanov - Nikolay Noskov, store director
- Leonid Kmit - Lubnikov (Nazarych), groom
- Eduard Bredun - Genya Varlashkin, raftingman
- Ivan Kosykh - skinhead shaver
- Vladimir Lippart - Fomkin, raftingman
- Ekaterina Mazurova - Semenovna, grandmother Noskova
- Alla Meshcheryakova - Tanya, wife of Serezhkin
- Vladimir Rudy - Anton, raftingman
- Peter Savin - Chairman of the Village Council
- Pavel Springfeld - Stepan, Country Drunkard
Film crew
- Script writer: Boris Mozhaev
- Stage Director: Vladimir Nazarov
- Director of photography: Vladimir Nikolaev
- Composer: Leonid Afanasyev
- Directors of the picture: Alexey Stefansky
- Deputy director of the picture: Sergey Kagramanov
- Artists: Semyon Ushakov , Irina Shreter
- Conductor: Mark Ermler
- Sound engineer: Evgeny Fedorov
- Director: Yu. Danilovich
- Operator: Alexander Dvigubsky
- Make-up artist: A. Dubrov
- Installation: E. Mikhailova
- Costume Designer: V. Kiseleva
- Editor: V. Leonov
Songs in the movie
For the film, V. S. Vysotsky wrote the songs:
- “How many miracles behind the fogs lie ...” (did not enter).
- The crystal house ( "If I am rich, like a king of the sea ..." ).
- Song of the Pockmarked ( "On the river, on the lake ..." ).
In addition to them, V. Zolotukhin sang the "folk" song " Oh, frost, frost ."
Additional Information
- The full-scale shooting of the film took place in the village of Vyeyzhy Log , Mansky District , Krasnoyarsk Territory and on the Mana River .
- During the filming, Zolotukhin, in his own words, "bargained" for Vysotsky, allowing local residents to look at the actor for milk and moonshine [1] .
- In 1970, the film took 20th place at the box office , attracting 26.8 million viewers.
- Vladimir Vysotsky jokingly recalled at his speeches: “Then they shot the film“ The Witness Departure ”, where Zolotukhin also played, but they didn’t shoot me because they put me in the first episode and didn’t let me out for the second episode.
Notes
- ↑ Several units of Vysotsky (Inaccessible link) . Date of treatment May 25, 2010. Archived February 25, 2005.
Links
- Articles about the film
- The Taiga Master on the Internet Movie Database