10 striking roles that Nikolai Karachentsov remembered for

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

On October 26, 2018, after a long illness, the legendary Russian actor Nikolai Karachentsov died. He was 73 years old. He did not live to see his birthday one day. Nikolai Karachentsov was treated at the Moscow City Oncological Hospital. The actor served for 40 years at the Lenkom theater, starred in more than 100 films and always performed all complex stunt stunts himself. But in the winter of 2005, his life changed dramatically after he had an accident. For 13 years, the family fought bravely for the life of the actor. Today you remember the roles of Nikolai Karatsentsov, which brought him the love of millions of viewers.

"Death" in the rock opera "The Star and Death of Joaquin Murieta"

It was the role of death that Nikolai Karachentsov had to play in the Lenkom rock opera "The Star and Death of Joaquin Murieta" that brought the young actor real success. The initiator of the performance was Mark Zakharov, but it was not possible to stage the opera right away - it was banned from showing 11 times. But the premiere was really deafening. After this performance, Mark Zakharov began to invite Karatsensov to his other productions.

Count Rezanov in the opera "Juno and Avos"

Juno and Avos is another rock opera by Lenkom. Viewers saw her in 1981, and she does not leave the screens today. In the story, Count Rezanov seduces the daughter of the Spanish governor Conchita, who was already engaged. Fate severely punished the count, and even the girl's love did not save him. The cast has changed several times, then Count Rezanov was always played by Nikolai Karachentsov. And only after a terrible accident, in which the actor fell, other actors began to play this role.

Returned in the movie "Elder Son"

The debut of Nikolai Karachentsov in the cinema took place in the film "Touches for a portrait of V. I. Lenin", but the audience fell in love with him for a different role. In the drama "The Eldest Son," the actor played a student who pretended to be the son of a stranger, who happily recognized him as his own child. But in total, the hero of Karachentsov himself became attached to the "father", and even fell in love with his "sister".

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Marquis Ricardo in the musical "The Dog in the Manger"

Year 1977 … Nikolai Karachentsov sang for the first time on the screen and was a resounding success. In the film "Dog in the Manger" he played with Margarita Terekhova and Mikhail Boyarsky. In the performance of Nikolai Karatsentsov in this film, the serenade sounded "The crown of creation, wondrous Diana …"

Urry in the children's film "The Adventures of Electronics"

This time Nikolai Karachentsov got the role of a gangster of a foreign criminal gang, who was supposed to kidnap Electronics. According to the plot of the film, Urri arrived in the USSR on a motorcycle and repeatedly tried to kidnap the electronic miracle boy and stuff him into a special suitcase. And all in order for the robom boy to help the bandits to steal the century. After the release of the film, the phrase went to the people: “Urri, Urri !! Where is the button !!"

Billy King in the movie "The Man of the Boulevard des Capuchins"

In the film "The Man from Boulevard des Capuchins" Nikolai Karachentsov was supposed to play the bartender Harry, but after the audition he got the role of Billy King, which they first wanted to give to Yarmolnik, who as a result played the one-eyed cowboy.

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Daniel Korban in the detective novel "The Trap for a Lonely Man"

In this film, Nikolai Karatsentsov played the role of a husband who came to the police with a statement about the disappearance of his young wife. The woman's body was found and is suspected of killing her husband, Daniel Korban, but his guilt cannot be proven. And then they send him a "false Elizabeth" - a girl who pretends to be his wife. Daniel remains either to admit the impostor or to surrender to the police. None of the options suits him.

Detective in the series “D. D. D. D. Dossier of detective Dubrovsky"

In the series “D. D. D. D. Dossier of detective Dubrovsky Nikolai Karatsensov played the main role. Former Interior Ministry officer Roman Dubrovsky became a private detective who investigates the most complex cases. For example, he exposes a whole syndicate where politicians are planning to replace them with doubles created with the help of plastic surgery.

Peter I in "Secrets of Palace Revolutions"

In the series "Secrets of Palace Revolutions" Karachentsov played Peter I. And although he did not stay on the screen for long, since the main action of the film develops around the struggle for the throne after the death of the monarch, the role turned out to be vivid and memorable.

Prince of Pechersky in the melodrama "You are my happiness"

In this film, Karatsensov played the role of an old prince with a valiant past, who was overtaken by late love. Moreover, the chosen one, as it seems to society, does not suit him at all: a girl 40 years younger than him, and even an aspiring singer. The couple will have to go through the condemnation of society and the horrors of the October Revolution.

“There is no price for love,” Nikolai Karachentsov sang once. And his story with Lyudmila Porgina, who fought for her husband's life for so many years, became a real embodiment of these words.