''Crazy Day or The Marriage of Figaro'' (russian: Безумный день, или женитьба Фигаро) is a modern comedy musical staged by television channels «
NTV» (Russia) and «
Inter» (Ukraine) in association with «Melorama Production», under direction of
Semen Gorov in 2003, based on the 1784
Pierre Beaumarchais' play ''
The Marriage of Figaro
''The Marriage of Figaro'' ( it, Le nozze di Figaro, links=no, ), K. 492, is a ''commedia per musica'' (opera buffa) in four acts composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with an Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It premie ...
''. The musical was aired for the first time on the New Year's night of 2004.
Plot
The day before his wedding, handsome and merry Figaro, played by Boris Hvoshnyansky, learns of the bride Susanna (Anastasia Stotskaya), but he has a rival - voluptuous Count Almaviva, played by Philip Kirkorov. Earl intends to use the old right of the first night in his possessions and to steal from the lovers their happiness. The case becomes more complicated as another lover - Marceline (Sofia Rotaru) claims her love for Figaro as well, requiring a considerable amount of money to return and marry her. Figaro uses infinitely jealousy count to his wife Rosine, played in the movie by Lolita Miliavskaya. The reason for the jealousy becomes innocent infatuation by Kerubino young countess' page, who played by Andrei Danilko. A whole series of changing, humorous situations and misunderstandings leads finally to all the love and harmony. Figaro gets his parents and wife. The Earl once again loves his Rosine, as small Cherubin successfully avoided serving in the army.
Cast
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Philipp Kirkorov as
Count Almaviva
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Lolita Milyavskaya
Lolita Markovna Milyavskaya (russian: Лоли́та Ма́рковна Миля́вская, née Горелик (Gorelik); uk, Лоліта Марківна Мілявська; born 14 November 1963) is a Russian singer, actress, TV and film d ...
as
Countess Rosine
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Boris Khoshnyansky as
Figaro
Figaro may refer to:
Literature
* Figaro, the central character in:
** ''The Barber of Seville'' (play), a 1775 play by Pierre Beaumarchais
*** ''The Barber of Seville'' (Paisiello), a 1782 opera by Paisiello based on the play
*** ''The Bar ...
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Anastasiya Stotskaya as Suzanne
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Sofia Rotaru as
Marceline
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Boris Moiseev as
Antonio
Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular male ...
the gardener
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Ani Lorak as
Fanchette
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Andriy Danylko
Andriy Mykhailovych Danylko ( uk, Андрі́й Миха́йлович Дани́лко; born 2 October 1973), better known as his drag persona Verka Serduchka ( uk, Вє́рка Сердю́чка, links=no, ; russian: Ве́рка Серд ...
as Cherubin
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Vitaly Linetsky as Bazile
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Vladimir Goryansky as
Don Guzman Brid'Oison (judge)
References
External links
RussArt.com(Russian)
Kinoexpert(Russian)
Film description(Russian)
Russian television films
2004 television films
2004 films
Russian films based on plays
Russian musical films
2000s musical films
2000s Russian-language films
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