THE CAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER
FIRST EPIC TV SERIES IMAGES ARE HERE
Most of you know that I pretty much raised myself as a child reading famous classics, and Russian ones were among my favourites, especially
Pushkin! His legendary and only completed novel THE CAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER (Капитанская дочка) is being adapted into an eight part series
and today I have the first images from the sets for you! The series will stream on Russian streamer Kion and will have its linear TV premiere on their national broadcaster Rossiya 1!
Pushkin! His legendary and only completed novel THE CAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER (Капитанская дочка) is being adapted into an eight part series
and today I have the first images from the sets for you! The series will stream on Russian streamer Kion and will have its linear TV premiere on their national broadcaster Rossiya 1!
WHAT IS THE STORY?
By the decision of his father, the sixteen-year-old nobleman Peter Grinev (Oleg Savostyuk)
instead in the capital's guard goes to serve in the
Belogorsk fortress.
On the way during a fierce blizzard, he meets an unfamiliar Cossack -
Emelian Pugachev (Evgeny Tkachuk) Not knowing who it is,
Grinev,
touched by pity and simplicity of the heart, shares with him his oath to
elope. Arriving in the fortress, Peter falls in love with the daughter
of
commandant Masha (Evgenia Leonov) His feeling turns out to be mutual. However, Petya has a rival – Alexey Schwabrin (Yegor Koreshkov),
a
lieutenant, decorated and exiled to the Belogorsk because of a duel.
From jealousy, Schwabrin tries to harm Grinev with all his might.
Meanwhile,
Pugachev declares himself Emperor Peter the Third,
miraculously saved from death, and gathers a motley army. The Pugachev
uprising is rapidly gaining
strength, the rebels take one fortress after
another. The capture of the Belogorsk fortress by the army of Pugachev
will turn the fate of Grinev and
Masha. They must chose between honor or
life, bitter adulthood and sacrifice for the sake love. Our dear Sergey Bezrukov plays the role of Grinev's father.
Belogorsk fortress.
On the way during a fierce blizzard, he meets an unfamiliar Cossack -
Emelian Pugachev (Evgeny Tkachuk) Not knowing who it is,
Grinev,
touched by pity and simplicity of the heart, shares with him his oath to
elope. Arriving in the fortress, Peter falls in love with the daughter
of
commandant Masha (Evgenia Leonov) His feeling turns out to be mutual. However, Petya has a rival – Alexey Schwabrin (Yegor Koreshkov),
a
lieutenant, decorated and exiled to the Belogorsk because of a duel.
From jealousy, Schwabrin tries to harm Grinev with all his might.
Meanwhile,
Pugachev declares himself Emperor Peter the Third,
miraculously saved from death, and gathers a motley army. The Pugachev
uprising is rapidly gaining
strength, the rebels take one fortress after
another. The capture of the Belogorsk fortress by the army of Pugachev
will turn the fate of Grinev and
Masha. They must chose between honor or
life, bitter adulthood and sacrifice for the sake love. Our dear Sergey Bezrukov plays the role of Grinev's father.
A very well known novel from him...hope the series is as good as the book.
ReplyDeleteI have a stunningly gorgeous collected works of him in one massive gorgeous book with Russian design and art on the cover, it is truly mesmerizing, one of my most cherished editions.
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