“Demons” is a four-part film adaptation of F. M. Dostoevsky's work of the same name . Produced by order of the TV channel “ Russia ” by the film company Non-Stop Production . The film's director is Vladimir Khotinenko .
| Demons | |
|---|---|
| Genre | drama |
| Based upon | |
| Screenwriter | Natalya Nazarova Vladimir Khotinenko |
| Producer | Vladimir Khotinenko |
| Cast | Maxim Matveyev Anton Shagin Nadezhda Markina Igor Kostolevsky Maria Shalaeva Boris Kamorzin Evgeny Tkachuk Maria Lugovaya Alexander Galybin Sergey Makovetsky |
| Composer | Alexey Aigi |
| A country |  Russia |
| Original language | Russian |
| Number of seasons | one |
| Number of series | four |
| Production | |
| Producer | Sergey Melkumov Alexander Rodnyansky Anton Zlatopolsky [1] [2] Ekaterina Efanova |
| Operator | Denis Alarcon-Ramirez |
| Studio | Non-stop production |
| Broadcast | |
| TV channel | Russia |
| On the screens | May 25, 2014 |
| Links | |
| IMDb | |
Content
Story
The action takes place in the provincial city. Peter Verkhovensky, the main ideological inspirer of the revolutionary cell, is trying to involve Nikolai Stavrogin in the revolutionary movement. Verkhovensky gathers young people "sympathetic" to the revolution: the philosopher Shigalev, the suicidal Kirillov, the former military Virginsky. Verkhovensky plans to kill Ivan Shatov, who wants to "get out" of the cell.
Cast
- Maxim Matveyev - Nikolay Stavrogin
- Anton Shagin - Peter Verkhovensky
- Sergey Makovetsky - investigator Goremykin
- Vladimir Zaitsev - Police Chief Flibustery
- Igor Kostolevsky - Stepan Trofimovich Verkhovensky, father of P. Verkhovensky
- Alexander Galybin - Governor von Lembke
- Nadezhda Markina - Varvara Petrovna, mother of N. Stavrogin
- Maria Shalaeva - Marya Timofeevna Lebyadkina (lame)
- Ivanna Petrova - Lizaveta Tushina
- Evgeniy Tkachuk - Shatov
- Maria Lugovaya - Dasha Shatova
- Fedor Lavrov - Liputin
- Alexey Kirsanov - Kirillov
- Boris Kamorzin - Ignat Lebyadkin
- Natalia Kurdyubova - Yulia Mikhailovna
- Natalya Shvets - Maria Ignatyevna Shatova
- Oleg Vasilkov - Fedka
- Pavel Vorozhtsov - Gaganov
- Alexander Korotkov - Virginsky
- Vyacheslav Chepurchenko - Erkel
- Alexander Margolin - Lyamshin
- Sergey Kholmogorov - Shigalev
- Stanislav Belyaev - Mavriky Nikolaevich
- Anastasia Imamova - bookseller
- Victor Pipa - Slezkin
- Yulia Akimova - Virginskaya
- Alexander Kuznetsov - high school student
- Elizaveta Arzamasova - student
Release
The TV channel Russia demonstrated the series on May 25, 2014 completely on the same day, combining 4 episodes into two television films. After the television series and during the break, the television channel broadcast information and analytical programs ("News of the Week" and "Sunday Evening with Vladimir Solovyov") dedicated to the main event of that day - the presidential elections in Ukraine [3] .
Awards and nominations
- 2014 - XV International TV Film Forum “Together” (Yalta) - Grand Prix in the competition “TV fiction films” [4]
- Golden Eagle Award for the best TV movie or mini-series (up to 10 episodes inclusive) [5]
Facts
- Initially, the role of Stavrogin was considered by Danila Kozlovsky , but in the end, the role was given to Maxim Matveyev [6] .
- The film was shot in the pavilions of the Mosfilm Cinema Concern and the Krutitsky Compound in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Kostroma .
- The character of investigator Goremykin investigating the murders is not in the original work of F. M. Dostoevsky , he was added to the script by V. Khotinenko.
- After the shooting, Anton Shagin bought one of the costumes of his hero.
Notes
- ↑ Lydia Maslova . And the butterflies are bloody in the eyes , the Kommersant Newspaper, No. 89 (May 27, 2014), p. 15. The date of circulation is 11 June 2014.
- ↑ Anna Gorbashova. Khotinenko received the “blessing” of Dostoevsky before the premiere of “Demons” . RIA News (May 17, 2014). The appeal date is June 11, 2014.
- ↑ Andrey Arkhangelsky . The devils have Colta.ru , 05.2014
- ↑ XV International TV Film Forum “Together” (August 22-27, Yalta) . SK News (September 19, 2014). Date of appeal September 27, 2014. (unavailable link)
- ↑ Nominees for the Golden Eagle Award 2014 Archived March 22, 2015.
- ↑ In August, the shooting of Dostoevsky's 4-part film adaptation of “The Possessed” will begin.