The plot and actors of "The Heart of Three" - the last Soviet film

One of the most beloved films among the CIS residents is the joint Russian-Ukrainian project entitled "Hearts of Three". This screen version of the novel, written by the famous American writer Jack London. The film combines both exciting adventures, and love experiences, and emotional experiences of the main characters, which were performed by popular actors. "Hearts of Three" with pleasure look like adults, and very young spectators.

Plot

Young millionaire Francis Morgan gets the chance to go in search of treasure, which was once buried by his ancestor pirate. Once on the right island, he is quite unusually acquainted with his distant relative named Henry Morgan. The acquaintance passed with fists and a light fight, and as it turned out, Henry also dreamed of discovering a treasure there.

As a result, the chest was found by common efforts, but there were no values in it. Francis was about to leave, but fate decided otherwise. He, along with his relative Henry and the beautiful Leonsia, go in search of the treasures of the Maya tribe. During this time, saturated with dangerous adventures and trials of travel, there is also a love triangle. Leoncia Solano likes both young Morgans, and she has to decide for herself who she will give her heart to.

The film shows a difficult time, but the actors of "The Heart of Three" perfectly illustrated the epoch described in the novel, which manifested itself in vivid dialogues, sparkling speeches, decisive actions, etc.

Cast

As noted by film critics, the actors of "The Heart of Three", who performed the main roles, also starred in the exciting movie "Midshipmen". This is the well-known trio: Sergey Zhigunov, Dmitri Kharatyan and Vladimir Shevelkov.

Here Zhigunov played Henry Morgan, Shevelkov - Francis, and Kharatyan - the pilot. The only difference is that this time the first two presented the viewer to the main characters, and Kharatyan got the second-place role.

The heroine Leonios was played by Alena Khmelnitskaya, known to the public for such film projects as "Turkish March", "Men's work", "Game of Love", "Russian Amazons", "Death Directory", etc. The second heroine of Akatava, no less beautiful, but Which appeared in the plot a little later, was presented by actress Piret Mangal.

According to the experts of the cinema, the actors of the film "Hearts of Three" did not quite correspond to the heroes described in the book of London. So, according to the novel, the characters Francis and Henry were like two drops of water, and in the film, director Vladimir Popkov decided to change it.

Where to shoot

It is noteworthy that the film was filmed on the territory of the Crimea. So, the magnificent big house of the Morgan family is nothing more than the Massandra Palace. The scene in which the meeting between Francis and Rigan is shown was filmed in the Vorontsov Palace. Here you can clearly see the famous blue room through which the protagonist enters the Winter Garden.

When the actors "Hearts of Three" were shot in the plot of escape from the gendarmes, they had to spend the night in ruins. In fact, these were the ruins of the fortress of Fun, which is located near South Demerdzhi. Here the group saw a frightened Indian named Rudolfo.

The residence of Akatava was located on the shore of the mountain lake. Behind him is a mountain called Kush-Kaya, which is on Babugan. A meeting between Henry and the pilot Parsons occurred on the outskirts of the pearl of the Crimea - Yalta.

Interesting Facts

• The film project "Hearts of Three" has a television version, which contains five series, and a cinematic, divided into two parts.
• The film is considered to be the last Soviet film, since it was filmed under the Union, and the shooting was completed in 1992.
• In the novel of Jack London Akatava dies, and in the film on the plot this heroine in the end marries Henry Morgan.
• According to the book, as already noted above, Henry and Francis were very similar. But in the film project "Hearts of Three" the actors and roles of the first plan are distributed in such a way that the characters are completely different from each other. Moreover, all the plot lines connected with the external similarity of the two relatives were completely removed by the director from the script.

Opinions of critics and viewers

Experts of the cinema in the majority positively evaluate the film "Hearts of Three". Actors and roles, despite not some mismatch with the source, are distributed correctly and very accurately. Every performer is in his place. Only some websites contain unflattering reviews about the "too Russian" appearance of the characters. The pluses include magnificent landscapes in the frame, interesting story lines, an unusual ending to the film. As for the audience, the opinions are divided. The audience at a respectable age perceives the film "Hearts of Three", the actors and roles of which have long been remembered by heart as a native, Soviet cinema. And young movie fans are already accustomed to bright special effects, dizzying tricks, so this movie is more like a nice fairy tale, rather than an adventure film.