Actors of the movie "Finist. The first bogatyr" told about the creation of images of their heroes

The blockbuster "Finist. The first bogatyr", which will be released on January 1, 2025, will present fairy tale characters in new unexpected images. On the work on them told the actors of the movie.

So, in the tape familiar from fairy tales Baba Yaga is young and beautiful, she is played by Julia Peresild.

"She is looking for herself, she is in search of endless, eternal love, adventure, the elixir of youth. That's why she goes to the East," the actress shared.

Another of the most memorable characters of the movie was the camel Jamal, who is voiced by actor Pavel Priluchny. The story of his character is full of mythological drama.

"Some sorcerer - I do not know why, apparently, there was something for what - bewitched the Oriental handsome chaser and changed the consciousness of the chaser and camel places," - said Priluchny.

Art historians note that the bylinas are not visual content and the first lubochnyh images of bogatyrs were not similar to the usual viewer. According to experts, folk heroes in the form in which they are known today, presented the artists of the XIX century. The image of Finist the Clear Falcon himself was visualized by Ivan Bilibin.

"The falcon is always a warrior, it is always a prince. Udal, warrior qualities - this is all associated with the bird falcon, we can say that in Russia the falcon is a totem bird was", - pointed out the cultural researcher Alexei Shaen.

At the same time, movie versions of Russian fairy tales are in trend, as adults want to show children what they themselves liked.

"People want to see their own, they want to see their own story, they want to see their own characters," explained Denis Zhalinsky, general producer of the Yellow, Black and White studio.

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Earlier, on October 24, distributor NMG Kinoprokat (part of the holding company National Media Group) released the official trailer of the main winter movie event - the film "Finist. The first bogatyr". Epic battles, great inventions and oriental landscapes will be the perfect start of the new year for the whole family. The new movie will expand the fairy tale movie universe and tell the backstory of beloved characters.

"Finist. The First Bogatyr" - a joint project of the studio Yellow, Black and White, online cinema START and TV channel "Russia", created with the support of the Cinema Fund. The production team included Eduard Iloyan, Denis Zhalinsky, Vitaly Shlyappo, Anton Zlatopolsky. The director of the picture is Dmitry Dyachenko.