"Executioner": actors and roles, photo. How many episodes in the series "Executioner"?

Military themes have always been relevant both in domestic and foreign cinema. Many events of the past years make you not only think, but also shudder from what you heard and saw. Especially when it comes to crime. One such series is The Executioner. Actors and roles in it are perfectly matched. And the film itself is based on real events.

Brief information about the show

Ten-series television series "Executioner" was created by LLC "Studio Russian Project" in 2014. His premiere, with the support of director Vyacheslav Nikiforov, producer Denis Evstigneev and script writer Zoya Kudri, took place in January last year. The first broadcast of this multi-series film was organized with the collaboration of the film studio with "The First Channel".

What was the basis for the series?

The basis for a multi-parting thriller, the action in which unfolds in the distant 1965, was the real events of the military and post-war years. According to the idea of the script writers, the story was taken as the basis of the story about the treacherous and vile woman-executioner, nurse Antonina Makarova, who colluded with the Germans and shot poets, captured guerrillas and prisoners of war by their orders. These horrifying events and entered the series "Executioner" (Russia). Actors and roles in this multi-part film were selected according to the types and characteristics of the characters.

According to reports, at the hands of a twenty-year-old traitor, who went down in history as a Tyunka-machine gunner, more than 1,500 people died. And most of the dead are ordinary citizens.

About life, activity and capture of this calculating lady and tells the series "Executioner". Actors and roles in this multi-part film are just perfect. All artists have their own charisma, a solid character and perfectly fit into the concept of the post-war period.

General information about the plot of the series

Everything begins with an investigation connected with the traitor-torturer, who provides assistance to the Germans during the war. According to the scenario, the cruel woman dealt with her enemies with the help of a machine gun. She preferred to hide her face behind the harmless mask of a bunny, which made work very difficult for investigators. But as is known, such crimes do not have a statute of limitations. And here in the first series of the film there are new evidence and evidence proving the guilt of the sadistic executioner.

For the case in the series "Executioner" (actors and roles, photos of protagonists and much more you will find in this article) are taken the experienced detectives - Major Cherkasov and Lieutenant Sonia Timofeeva. It was to these police officers that they had previously managed to investigate a very complicated case, and then, in the hot pursuit, to detain a serial maniac who killed nine people.

However, when investigating the case of a machine gunner wearing a mask, the investigators are at an impasse, since their version is based exclusively on circumstantial evidence and evidence of accidentally surviving citizens. But will they be able to discover an elusive lady with a horrendous criminal reputation ...

Location and set extras

The Russian television series "Executioner" was filmed in the glorious city of Yaroslavl. It was there that pre-casting of actors and a set of extras were held. However, according to the director for the selection of artists, during the recruitment of staff on the role could claim not only residents of Yaroslavl. Many of them were in the series "Executioner". Actors and roles, how many episodes in the film, as well as answers to many other questions related to the film, will be given in our article.

On the set, according to eyewitnesses, all comers from Rostov, Rybinsk, Tutayev, Myshkin and Diyevo-fortress came. Some of the scenes from this, in fact, sequenced the sensational series "Mosgaz", which, incidentally, "came" most of the characters "executioner", were filmed at the stud farm in the Ryazan region. The plot of the Victory Parade was traditionally filmed in Red Square.

"Executioner": actors and roles (2015)

In addition to no-one known people, in a multi-part film, famous artists were also involved. So, for the main and minor roles in the series "Executioner" (actors and roles are listed below), the following actors were invited:

• Andrei Smolyakov (played by the police major Ivan Petrovich Cherkasov);
• Victoria Tolstoganova (played Raisa Ivanovna Yakovleva);
• Julia Peresild (the role of Nina Krivovyaz);
• Marina Alexandrova (the role of the lieutenant of the police and forensic scientist Sonya Timofeeva);
• Alexey Bardukov (played the senior lieutenant of militia and operative Alexey Garkushu);
• Yuri Tarasov (the role of police major Nikita Pozhidaev);
• Vladimir Yumatov (the role of editor of the publication "Soviet Tribune" by Georgy Chudovsky);
• Vadim Andreev (played by the police colonel Fyodor Grigorievich Sablin);
• Yuri Chursin (in the role of artist Stas Shelest) and others.

Here are the actors in the television series "Executioner". And his role, according to the director himself, got very colorful and memorable. In addition, the series also starred and once popular Russian actor Anatoly Kuznetsov, known for his role as Red Army soldier Sukhov from the White Sun of the Desert. Unfortunately, work in the "Executioner" became one of the last for him.

Famous persons in the series

One of the main roles in the series was played by Andrei Smolyakov, known for the serial series: Mosgaz, Shtrafbat, Rasputin, Moth Games, Ashes and Zvezda. The main female heroine was played by the pretty Marina Alexandrova, who once appeared in the film "Azazel" and "Vysotsky. Thank you for being alive". Later, she starred in the series "Kotovsky" and "Catherine".

Was invited to the series "Executioner" (actors and roles are presented in detail here) and Maria Andreeva. Recall that before that the girl played the main role in the movie "Duhless", and also starred in the series "Cliff" and "Son of the Father of Nations." In "The Executioner" she got the role of a new character film - journalist Olga.

According to the actress, it was not difficult to play an inquisitive heroine, as she sometimes likes to "stick her nose where she should not." "But it is thanks to Olga's curiosity," Andreeva says, "and the investigators manage not to go astray and find a killer-machine gunner."

In the episodic roles in the film were also involved quite recognizable personality. For example, one of the invited to the secondary role of actresses was all the beloved blonde Svetlana Khodchenkova, known for her roles in the films "Metro", "Bless the Woman", "Not by One Bread". Here are the actors in the series "The Executioner". And their roles, according to the writer, are simply perfectly worked out. These artists Stanislavsky just would not say: "I do not believe."

Interesting facts of the shooting process

During the filming of the series, many people were involved, including collectors of retro cars. In particular, members of the closed club "Crew" came to the site where the film was shot. According to the director, many of them gladly agreed to provide their cars for filming.

Moreover, thanks to the efforts of the employees of the Myshkinsky People's Museum and members of the club, it was possible to recreate the original copies of these German motorcycles of the brand BMW-R71. These models were literally collected manually. Later, they were involved in the series "Executioner". Actors and roles (2015 was marked by the release of the film) in this film was also ideally suited for the most realistic display of the military and post-war time.