The film "Thank you for being alive" about Vladimir Vysotsky was released on cinema screens on December 1. The main intrigue of the new picture is that it is not known who plays the singer himself. The name of the actor is kept secret. And even in the credits the real name of the hero of the tape is indicated - Vladimir Vysotsky.
This picture is the first feature film about Vysotsky, shot 30 years after his death. The plot is based on real events from his life that happened on a tour in Uzbekistan in 1979, when the artist's heart stopped. Also, the picture includes some scenes taken from other episodes of his life. The halo of mystery created around the tape lasted for almost a year. At the evening in memory of Vysotsky, the audience was shown a three-minute video, according to which it is impossible to guess who played Vladimir Semenovich. But even those who already looked at the picture could not solve the mystery. Until now, this remains a mystery, but there are three main versions. Many believe that this is Sergey Bezrukov. This seems quite plausible, especially since this actor has already played famous poets - Pushkin, Yesenin. Although he appears in the film in the role of Jura, but perhaps this is a thoughtful move to distract attention. The second version is actor Vladimir Vdovichenkov. He is very similar to Vysotsky, although much higher than him. Another version - Vysotsky recreated using computer graphics. It was also suggested that Aleksey Kravchenko, Pavel Derevyanko, Andrei Sokolov, Andrei Smolyakov, Maxim Leonidov and even Nikita Dzhigurdy would participate. Such a variety of potential actors was made possible thanks to the work of the film's artist Peter Gorshenin. For more than six months he created the make-up of the singer. First, a thin mask was made - a copy of the actor’s face. On it created the right person, observing all the nuances of facial expressions. Then the form was removed from this sculpture and a complex multicomponent composition was poured into it. The result is a whole set of plastic parts. That is, the actor’s makeup is not a mask, it consists of several parts, separately the lower part, nose and forehead. According to the creators of the picture, the make-up of the actor daily took four to six hours. According to rumors, this was done secretly even from the crew, the actor did not have the right to appear unapproved. The role of Vladimir Vysotsky voiced by Nikita Vysotsky.
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