David Gotsman: the main character of the series "Liquidation"

The detective series "Liquidation" in 2007 gathered a record number of spectators near the screens. The film by Sergei Urslyak was criticized critically by contradictory. The filmmakers found in the film a lot of small historical discrepancies. But the opinion of the audience did not affect it in any way. David Gotsman, embodied on the screen by Vladimir Mashkov, for several years was the most popular kinopersonazhem. In his homeland - in Odessa - he was installed a monument.

About the film

The series shows the events in post-war Odessa. The main character - the head of the UGRO - is fighting against representatives of the criminal world. But his task is not to send small thieves behind bars, but to find a certain Academician - the leader of a large bandit grouping and a former German intelligence officer.

The hero of the series "Liquidation"

David Gotsman - a character who has reached the popularity of Gleb Zheglov. He is a front-line soldier, scout, combat officer. What is known about the main character of the series "Liquidation"? Biography Gozman includes a lot of white spots. However, it is known that in his youth, like most of the native Odessites of those years, he had a relationship with the criminal world. But he took the right path thanks to a friend Mark.

Hero Mashkova - head of the department to combat banditry. The methods of Gozman's work differ somewhat from Zheglov's methods, with which he is so often compared. Thus, the famous dictum of the hero of Govorukhin's film: "The thief should sit in prison", David Gotsman would hardly have said. After all, he in one of the first series comes into dispute with the marshal Zhukov himself, arguing that tough methods for eliminating crime and numerous arrests will not lead to anything good.

David Gozman is a faithful friend, a caring father. And he has no native children. Gozman adopts Misha Karasev - a young pocket thief. During one of the conversations with the boy, viewers receive some information about the life of the Gozman: all the family and friends of the protagonist died during the war. The head of the UGRO has only two friends. The first is Mark, the contused airman. The second is Fima, whose tragic death is told in the third series.

History of the film

In 2004, the director of the studio, in which the series was later shot, it occurred to create a film about the events in post-war Odessa. In this case, one that would resemble "The meeting place can not be changed." After a while, Alexei Poiarkov began writing a script.

What is the reason for the popularity of the hero Mashkov? David Gotsman - in some way a unique character. He leads an almost ascetic life, struggles with thieves, but does not shoot at them, but rather agrees with them. In addition, he is not devoid of romanticism.

Vladimir Mashkov spent about a year in Odessa. Communicated with the employees of the Odessa police, and with criminal authorities. He learned special lingo. And although later, after the release of the series on the screens, linguists and historians began to seek out in the speech of the characters a discrepancy with the peculiarities of this Odessa dialect, ordinary Odessaites were delighted with the image created by Vladimir Mashkov. The actor became associated with the character, despite a number of other roles in large-budget films.

David Gotsman: prototypes

Before the beginning directors and actors got acquainted with the case of David Kurland. He is the prototype of the protagonist. But not the only one. According to the opinion of pensioners of the NKVD, who served in the forties in Odessa, the image of Gozman is collective. He reminds of his grasp Artyom Kuzmenko, guiding order in Odessa even before the war and served until the rank of major general. Odessites saw in the hero Mashkov and Victor Pavlov, famous for exposing the gang consisting of deserters.

But who is David Kurland? After all, this person is the main prototype of Gozman.

D. Courland

This man was born in Odessa in 1913. In the early twenties, Kurlyand's father died. The boy was sent to the orphanage, where later his older brother took him. Courland participated in the defense of Odessa (1941). During the war he also served in the front-line groups of the NKVD. Work in the criminal investigation began after the war. In 1953, David Kurlyand took up the post of chief of the first police department. Since 1958 he lectured in a special school of police.

David Kurlyand died in 1993. His relatives reacted differently to the film of Vladimir Mashkov. Kurland's son stated that the Goetzman had nothing to do with his father. The grandson claimed that the actor managed to convey the exact nature of his grandfather.

For the role of David Gotsman Mashkov received the "Golden Duke" award and was awarded the title of Honorary Citizen of Odessa.