"Aqualungs on the bottom": actors, roles, short story

In the Soviet film "Aqualungs on the bottom" actors act out to the audience not just an adventure story, but also a whole espionage detective. The film was based on the novel of the same name by Evgeny Sherstobitov. Who played the main roles in it and around which event does the story line of the tape line up?

The creators of the film

The film "Aqualungs on the bottom," whose actors were mostly teenagers and children, was directed by Evgeny Sherstobitov in 1965. He wrote the script himself on the basis of his own novel.

Sherstobitov for his entire career, in total, made eighteen films. Among them are such pictures as "The Tale of Malchysh-Kibalchish", "The Andromeda Nebula", "In the Far Ended Kingdom", "The Chanita's Kiss" and "Breakthrough". All these tapes were filmed at the A. Dovzhenko film studio .

The music for the film "Aqualungs on the bottom" was written by Azon Fattah. He wrote musical accompaniment to other paintings by Yevgeny Sherstobitov: for example, to "The Tale of Malchysh-Kibalchish" or to the tape "Jung from the schooner Columbus." Also Fattah is the author of numerous operas, songs and music for performances. The composer's songs are included in the repertoire of such famous performers as Iosif Kobzon, Elena Kamburova and Lev Leshchenko.

Summary

In the film "Aqualungs on the bottom" actors immerse the viewer in the atmosphere of adventure of young schoolchildren - friends of frontier guards who are involved in spy games.

The film begins with the fact that the young fellow Romka Marchenko, who is fond of diving into the water, is invited to shoot the film as an understudy. These shootings take place in a seaside village near the border waters. While working on one of the episodes Romka suddenly finds on the seabed a prepared for someone scuba.

Roma Marchenko and his friends report this incident to the staff of the frontier post. Together with representatives of the KGB, the young trackers begin to track down a spy who regularly crosses the border under water with the help of special equipment.

Given the age of the main characters and the naivete of the plot, the film "Aqualungs on the bottom", rather, refers to the category of children's films, rather than adults. It was first shown on screens in 1965.

"Aqualungs on the bottom": actors and roles. Alexander Barsov as Romka

The central character in the film is an excellent diver Romka Marchenko. When he is offered to appear in the film as an understudy, he rejoices at this opportunity. But the strange events that occur then, make the young man and his friends engage in an adult and dangerous business - tracking down a foreign spy. In the process of investigation with the guys there is a lot of adventures. The film "Scuba divers on the bottom" is dedicated to them.

Actors who played the main roles in this tape, mostly teenagers and children. Alexander Barsov at the time of filming was only fifteen years. Despite such a young age, the boy already had a wealth of experience working in film. At the age of nine he first appeared on the screen, and immediately in the main role: Barsov played Vanka Zhukova in the short film of Eduard Bocharov "Vanka". This work was filmed based on the story of the same name by Anton Chekhov.

In 1961, Alexander appeared in the film Tatyana Lioznova "Evdokia", playing a little Paul. A year later he was entrusted with the image of Vasya Petrov in the children's film "We Love You", and after filming Sherstobitov, the young man played the main role in the film "Above us is the Southern Cross". On this career Barsova in the movie ended.

Tatyana Klyuyeva as Oksana

More interesting was the creative fate of the performer of the leading role in the c / f "Aqualungs on the bottom." Actors, who gained popularity as a child, are often lost in adulthood. But Tatiana Klyuyeva, who played in the film Oksana, still retained her popularity for some time.

"Scuba at the bottom" was for Klyueva debut. She was only fourteen years old, and she was in the eighth grade. In the same year the young debutante appeared in the episode of the painting "Call, open the door". In 1967, the girl was offered a role in the short film "The Sixth Summer". In 1969, Tatiana came crazy popularity, after she played a major role in the famous tale of Alexander Rowe "Varvara-beauty, a long braid."

After this film work, the girl entered GITIS, graduated from it, and also starred in several films ("The Strongest", "Meet Me at the Fountain", "The Time of the Red Apples"). In the end, the young actress married and permanently left the profession for the sake of the family.

The film "Aqualungs on the bottom": actors and roles. Rafik Sabirov as Volodya

Another young ranger in the tape Sherstobitova played child-actor Rafik Sabirov. His career Sabirov began in 1963 with the film Heinrich Gabay "The Name of the Revolution", where he received the main role.

Then was "The Tale of Malchysh-Kibalchish", and a year later he appeared in front of the viewer in the image of Volodka in "Scuba Diving". Little is known about the fate of Rafik. In 1969, he played an episodic role in the film "Provincial", then disappeared for ten years.

In 1979, Sabirov reappeared on the screen and within ten years starred in several films: "On the trail of the lord", "Battalions ask for fire" and "Reed Reed".

Other performers of roles

The actors of the film "Aqualungs on the bottom" - this is Volodya Bedunkevich, and Shurik Kharitonov ("In the West"), and Oleg Bykov.

The role of a vile foreign saboteur went to Gennady Yukhtin, a graduate of the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography, who also played in the films "Spring on Zarechnaya Street", "Malva" and "Scarlet Sails".

Also in the frame you can see Vladimir Kislenko ("In the Far Ended Kingdom"), Lev Perfilov ("Bumbarash"), Alexander Gai ("Grigory Skovoroda") and Nikolay Kryukov ("Petrovka, 38").