"And the trees grow on the rocks": the actors and the roles they played

In the Soviet period, joint pictures, shot with the participation of filmmakers, as they said, kapstran, aroused increased interest. Among the undoubtedly successful works is the film "And the trees grow on the rocks." The actors who acted in it, later had different creative destinies. About the career and fate of some of them will be described below, but for now it is worth to say a few words about the plot of the picture itself.

Kuksha and the Vikings

9th century AD. Vikings take captives of the Ilmen sloven - Kuksu. Their leader Thorir decides to take the prisoner with him, despite Sigurd's resistance. During a fight with hedging, Kuksha behaves like a hero. Torir adopts a brave man and calls him Einar the Happy. In one of the Vikings' villages, Kuksha falls in love with the bride of Sigurd - Signyu. Mother and brother of the girl agree to give the beauty to him as a wife. They go to great lengths to expose Sigurd as a criminal. Torir leaves with his retinue. Kuksha does not want to leave her companions. Brother Signyu - Herald - by force retains Einar. However, the girl and slave Levius help him escape. Herald is furious. He kills Levius. When he dies, he reveals his origin to Tories and tells where to find Kuksha. Sigurd kidnaps Signa, but the girl dies, clinging to his sword. The Herald finds them both. Kuksha meets Torir, and they go on a voyage.

The film "And the trees grow on the rocks": actors and roles

1985 was marked by the beginning of Perestroika. In part, this led to interest in the picture, which under different names was shown in Norway, Germany, Finland, the USA, Spain and Poland.

The roles in the film were played by Soviet actors:

• Kuksha / Einar - A. Timoshkin.
• Olav - V. Shulgin.
• "Bald" / Levius - M. Gluzsky.
• Kukshi's mother is V. Titova.
• Grandfather - V. Kravtsov.
• Sister Kukshi - V. Panasenkova.
• Einar - V. Classen.
• Witch Ingrid - E. Ozertzova.
• Slave - T. Surnacheva.
• Otar - N. Karpov.
• Atli - V. Lysenkov.
• Atsur - N. Makovsky.

"And the trees grow on the rocks": actors from Norway

Directed by the paintings were S. Rostotsky and Knut Andersen. Actors from Norway were invited to the roles of Vikings and their women:

• Signe - Petronella Barker, for whom participation in the film became a debut in the movie.
• Torir - Stockkee Tour is one of Norway's most famous actors, who is the record holder in the number of roles played in the Radio Theater.
• Sigurd - Turguir Fonnelid.
• Harald - John Andersen.
• Tyura - Lisa Fjelstad, which in 1991 was awarded the highest award of cinematographers of Norway.
• Gutthorm - Per Sunderland is one of the most famous and well-deserved Norwegian actors. He was awarded the Order of Saint Tin of the first degree.

Alexander Timoshkin

After the release of the film "And the trees grow on the rocks," the actors who played the main roles, including the young ones, became recognizable not only in our country, but also abroad.

Most of the glory, of course, went to the main role. Young actor Alexander Timoshkin by that time already starred in the pictures "There were three fathers of his father" and "Mother Mary". Kukshi's role earned him the Silver Rook prize at the Fifth National Norwegian Film Festival. In subsequent years, he starred in about another three dozen paintings, and in 1999 he was awarded the title of "Honored Artist of Belarus."

Viktor Shulgin

This famous Soviet artist has become one of the few domestic actors who played in this picture of the Viking. He got the role of Tin. He is known for his roles in such well-known films as "Shadows disappear at noon", "Peter's Youth", "Eternal Call", etc. In 1992, Shulgin was awarded the title of "Honored Artist of Russia."

Like other actors in the movie "And the Trees are Growing on the Stones," he later admitted that he was interested in acting in such an extraordinary international project that talked about the relationship of the Slavs and Vikings in the era of the early Middle Ages.

Mikhail Gluzsky

This beloved many Soviet actor got the most mysterious role in the film "And the trees grow on the rocks." Actors of this level rarely agree to episodic roles. However, the image of Levius, or Bald head, performed by Mikhail Gluzsky became one of the most memorable in the film.

Valentina Titova

In the film, the actress got the role of Kuksha's mother. Valentina Titova, who is still considered one of the most beautiful women in Soviet and Russian cinema, coped with it, as always, brilliantly. She created an image of a Slavic woman as impeccable as those that were remembered by the audience for the films "Shield and Sword", "Days of Turbins". From the last roles of Titov, you can note the paintings "Loving in Russian" and "Unexpected Joy".

Now you know who was in the movie "And the trees are growing on the rocks." Actors (1985, many of them gave the opportunity to work with their foreign colleagues for the first time), such as M. Gluzsky, V. Shulgin and Per Sunderlann, are no longer with us, and those who were young at the time are now considered famous filmmakers in their countries .