The tale of how Tsar Peter therap married

Once Peter I was presented with a small arap - "the son of a black king." However, at court he lived not as a slave, but as a pupil: the tsar became his godmother, giving the name Ibrahim Petrovich Hannibal .

A smart little boy, quickly studying science in his new homeland, was sent to France to gain deeper knowledge and exquisite manners. There, having become famous not only as a promising young scientist, but even from “barbarian Russia”, but also as a warrior wounded in battle with the Spaniards and awarded the Duke of Orleans for heroism, he became a famous man at the court and aroused interest among the ladies. As a result, Hannibal's mistress, a married lady, gave birth to a black child, there was a scandal, a duel with her deceived husband and his murder, and deportation to Russia.

Returning from Paris , at one of the balls, the arap fell in love with the daughter of boyar Gavrila Rtishchev - Natalia, who was afraid of this black man. Peter decided to marry his godson to Natasha, while wanting to tie Ibrahim spiritually to Russian land. Arap, knowing about Natalya’s disgust for himself, refused to marry her. The disobedience to the will of the king changed Peter's attitude to the arap, therefore the king forbade Ibrahim to be shown to his eyes.

Over time, Natalia realized that she loved this strange but wonderful person, and she came to him after Ibrahim, out of nobility, tried to arrange her wedding with his rival Mikhail Govorov (who, in Hannibal’s opinion, was favored by Natalia).

They asked the king for forgiveness, but even at that moment Ibrahim tried to prove to Peter the correctness of his convictions, but he interrupted him with the words: “Be quiet, be quiet, otherwise we will quarrel again”.

• Vladimir Vysotsky - Ibrahim Hannibal
• Alexey Petrenko - Tsar Peter
• Rtishchevs:
  • Ivan Ryzhov - Gavrilo Afanasevich Rtishchev
  • Irina Mazurkevich - Natasha Rtishcheva
  • Mikhail Kokshenov - Sergunka Rtishchev
  • Zhenya Mitta - Vanechka Rtishchev
• Semyon Morozov - Bear Govorov
• Valery Zolotukhin - Filka
• Mikhail Gluzsky - buffoon Balakirev
• Oleg Tabakov - P.I. Yaguzhinsky

• Alexander Barushnoy - diplomat
• Vladimir Kashpur - the shipbuilder of Jost
• Vasily Kornukov - master of the cannon business
• Yuri Komarov - Count de Cavaignac
• Valentina Klyagina - a hay girl in the house of the Rtishchevs
• V. Makhov - the court
• Vladimir Menshov - A. D. Menshikov
• Yuri Martynov - officer
• T. Nepomnyashchaya - the lady at the ball
• Yakov Klebanov - Pyotr Shafirov
• Anatoly Obukhov - Nikishka Maslakov
• Irina Pechernikova - Countess Louise de Cavaignac
• Alexander Pyatkov - Ivan
• Klara Rumyanova - wife of Gavrila Rtishchev
• Elena Rubtsova - Natasha's grandmother
• Nikolay Sergeev - Athanasius Rtishchev
• Andrey Fait - Abbot
• Stanislav Chekan - Marshal
• Lyudmila Chursina - Empress Catherine I
• Leonid Chubarov - the court
• Natalya Vavilova - the lady at the ball (not shown)
• Andrey Vasiliev - midshipman (uncredited)
• Andrey Gusev - a young man at the ball (uncredited)
• Lyudmila Davydova - court lady (not shown)
• Tatyana Kolchanova - the servant of Countess de Cavaignac, Frenchwoman (not shown)
• Masha Kornoukhova - episode (uncredited)
• Villor Kuznetsov - episode (uncredited)
• Alexander Pashutin - artist (uncredited)
• M. Sapozhnikova - yard girl in the Rtishchevs' house (not shown in credits)
• Alexander Grave - voiceover

• Script writers - Julius Dunsky , Valery Frid , Alexander Mitta
• Stage Director: Alexander Mitta
• Director of photography - Valery Shuvalov
• Artists - Igor Lemeshev , Georgy Koshelev
• Composer - Alfred Schnittke
• Director - M. Koldobskaya
• Sound Engineer - Lev Trachtenberg
• Conductor - Mark Ermler
• Lyrics - Roman Sef
• Costume Designer - Nadezhda Buzina
• Make-up artists - P. Kuzmina, M. Podsukhskaya
• Editors - Nadezhda Veselovskaya, Zinaida Karpukhina
• Assistants:
  Director - N. Esadze, E. Ershov, A. Pragin, N. Sysoev
  Operator - Nana Fudim , S. Studenikin, V. Steel
  in suits - T. Proshina
  sound engineer - Alexander Tsygankov
• Pyrotechnician - D. Kostikov
• Lighting Master - V. Dmitriev
• Combined Shooting:
  Operator - Igor Felitsyn
  Artist - A. Klimenko
• Cartoon Artist - Vladimir Morozov
• Editor - Elena Skidanenko
• Music Editor - Minna Blank
• Choreographer - Yuri Sherling
• Director of the picture - Semyon Kutikov
• Administrator - Julius Krumins

According to the memoirs of V. Frid, Vysotsky was very glad of the opportunity to play the role of "intelligent man in an unintelligent world." He passionately involved in the work and not only as an actor. Only a few days passed, and Vladimir Semyonovich brought two songs for the film: “The Robber” and “Domes”.

But when the film was edited, it became clear that these songs “set the height to which the picture could no longer reach” ^[1] . And therefore, although it has already been determined in which episodes these songs will sound, Alexander Mitta decided to abandon them.

During the filming, Vysotsky lived in the Jurmala Hotel on the central Jomas street, where resort life was in full swing. The numbers for the film crew from the fund of the Jurmala City Committee of the Communist Party of Latvia were provided by its first secretary Karlis Licis. The administrator of the painting, Julius Krumins , achieved this, he was responsible for the production process and, so that the artist would not suffer from a hangover, he would give him kefir, to which a little vodka was previously added ^[2] .

• Ibrahim Hannibal was never married to a Russian girl. In 1731 he married the Greek woman Evdokia Andreevna Dioper, and in 1736 - Christina Sheberg.
• The film mentions the appearance of the Gottorp globe in Russia.
• The first version of the film, edited by director Alexander Mitt, was two-part. However, at the insistence of the Goskino leadership, the director was forced to remount and greatly reduce the film, returning to the previously approved single-series version .
• In the 1990s and 2000s, the film was released by the cinema association "Close-up" on videotapes. From July 12, 1996 to the beginning of the 2000s, the film was shown on the ORT channel under the heading "Golden Series."
• Initially, the film was planned to be called "Arap of Peter the Great", but this name was rejected by the artistic council. Vysotsky offended this change. With bitter irony, he later said that they took him to the title role, but in the end he was "after the king and the comma." ^[3]
• Mikhail Sholokhov, at the suggestion of S. Semanov, sent a letter to L. Brezhnev on March 14, 1976, sharply negatively evaluating the film, “in which the dignity of the Russian nation is openly humiliated, the progressive undertakings of Peter I are spat upon, Russian history is ridiculed and our people ... are conducting an attack on Russian culture world Zionism, both foreign and domestic. ” ^[four]

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