''Viva Gardes-Marines!'' or () is a 1991 Soviet two-series television film (mini-series), the second of a series of films about Russian Gardes-Marines of the 18th century, directed by Svetlana Druzhinina. It was the sequel to
Gardes-Marines, Forward!
''Gardes-Marines, Forward!'' or () is a 1988 Soviet four-series television film (mini-series), the first of a series of films about Russian Gardes-Marines of the 18th century, directed by Svetlana Druzhinina. It was followed by ''Viva Gardes-Marin ...
Elizabeth
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* Elizabeth (given name), a female given name (including people with that name)
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* Princess Elizabeth ...
Anna
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* Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke
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* Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th c ...
, Elizabeth's elder sister, is appointed as heir. This is a quarrelsome, foolish young man who from an early age became familiar with alcohol and tobacco. In order to strengthen the dynasty, Elizabeth decides to arrange the marriage of her good-for-nothing nephew, offering him one of the German princesses as a bride, Sophie Friederike Auguste, who by virtue of her young age is affectionately called "Fiquet".
Vice-chancellor Bestuzhev summons Aleksei Korsak and Alexander Belov and gives them an important assignment. Friends should hand over a personal letter to Prince Anhalt-Zerbst, and then deliver "Fiquet" and her mother incognito to St. Petersburg. On the way to their homeland, their third friend, Nikita Olenev, unexpectedly joins them, who at that time was studying in Germany. True friends Gardes-Marines are together again, and they are bringing a precious cargo with them to the distant snow-covered Russia: the future wife of the heir to the throne and her mother.
But such political action can not go unnoticed in Europe. French diplomacy starts another intrigue, and Chevalier de Brillieu again is its tool. Using his skill of a clever Don Juan, de Brillieu should become the lover and confidant of Fiquet's mother - the Duchess Johanna, a lustful and extravagant woman, up to her neck in debt. Then acting through the duchess, France will be able to influence the heir and his wife in its own interests. De Brillieu takes up the work with ardor because personal animosity is involved. After all it was the Gardes-Marines who stole Anastasia Yaguzhinskaya away from him, a Russian beauty whom the Frenchman still loves. And now de Brillieu prepares a trap, which must include friends and Gardes-Marines, and "Fiquet" with her mother...
Production
The filming process started in 1986, but after about a month and a half stopped due to the director's leg trauma she got when riding a horse. For both
Sergey Zhigunov
Sergey Victorovich Zhigunov (; born 2 January 1963) is a Soviet and Russian actor and producer. Commander of the Order of Honour and of the Order of Friendship. Honored Artist of Russia (1995).
His most famous roles as an actor were in ''Ner ...
(Aleksandr Belov) and
Tatyana Lyutaeva
Tatyana Borisovna Lyutaeva (, born 12 March 1965) is a Soviet, Lithuanian, Russian theater actress, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2014). Member of the Union of Cinematographers of the Russian Federation.
Cast
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Dmitry Kharatyan
Dmitry Vadimovich Kharatyan (born 21 January 1960) is a Soviet and Russian actor of Armenian descent, People's Artist of Russia.
Was born in Olmaliq, Uzbek SSR on 21 January 1960. His debut as an actor came in Vladimir Menshov's ''Practical J ...
– Aleksei Korsak, Gardes-Marine
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Sergey Zhigunov
Sergey Victorovich Zhigunov (; born 2 January 1963) is a Soviet and Russian actor and producer. Commander of the Order of Honour and of the Order of Friendship. Honored Artist of Russia (1995).
His most famous roles as an actor were in ''Ner ...
Mikhail Boyarsky
Mikhail Sergeyevich Boyarsky (; born 26 December 1949) is a Russian actor and singer. He is best known for playing swashbucklers in historical adventure films; the role of d'Artagnan in the 1978 Soviet adaptation of Alexander Dumas' ''Thre ...
– Chevalier de Brillieu
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Tatyana Lyutaeva
Tatyana Borisovna Lyutaeva (, born 12 March 1965) is a Soviet, Lithuanian, Russian theater actress, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2014). Member of the Union of Cinematographers of the Russian Federation.Anna Kamenkova
Anna Semyonovna Kamenkova (; born April 27, 1953, Moscow, RSFSR, USSR) is a Soviet and Russian actress of theater, cinema and dubbing. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1985).
Biography
Parents Olga Kamenkova-Pavlova and Semyon Gurevich taught Rus ...
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Kristina Orbakaitė
Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaitė (; born 25 May 1971) is a Russian-Lithuanian singer and actress. Her parents are Russian pop star Alla Pugacheva and Lithuanian circus performer .
Biography
Kristina Orbakaite was born in Moscow and spent much o ...
– Princess Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg, "Fiquet", future Empress
Catherine the Great
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Vladimir Soshalsky
Vladimir Borisovich Soshalsky (; 14 June 1929 in Leningrad, USSR — 10 October 2007 in Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1988). Real name — Feodosyev.
Biography
Born on 14 June 1 ...
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Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
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He was a ruler of the Principality of A ...
, Fiquet's father
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Lyudmila Gurchenko
Lyudmila Markovna Gurchenko (12 November 193530 March 2011, ) was a Soviet and Russian actress, singer and entertainer. She was given the honorary title People's Artist of the USSR in 1983.
Biography
Lyudmila Gurchenko was born in Kharkiv, USSR ...
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Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp
Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp (24 October 1712 – 30 May 1760) was a member of the German House of Holstein-Gottorp, a princess consort of Anhalt-Zerbst by marriage, and the regent of Anhalt-Zerbst from 1747 to 1752 on behalf of her minor ...
, Fiquet's mother
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Natalya Gundareva
Natalya Georgyevna Gundareva (, August 28, 1948 – May 15, 2005) was a Soviet Russian film and theatre actress, one of the leading figures at the Mayakovsky Theatre where she worked since 1971. People's Artist of Russia (1986) and the USSR State ...
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Elizabeth of Russia
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Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev
Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevstigneyev (; 9 October 1926 — 4 March 1992) was a prominent Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, theatre pedagogue, one of the founders of the Moscow Sovremennik Theatre. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in ...
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Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin
Count Alexey Petrovich Bestuzhev-Ryumin (; 1 June 1693 – 21 April 1766) was a Russian diplomat and chancellor. He was one of the most influential and successful diplomats in 18th-century Europe. As the chancellor of the Russian Empire was ch ...
Sergei Nikonenko
Sergei Petrovich Nikonenko (; born 16 April 1941 in Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian actor, a film director and a screenwriter. He was awarded with People's Artist of the RSFSR (1991).
He performed in more than eighty films since 1961.
Selected ...
Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina
Lidiya Nikolayevna Fedoseyeva-Shukshina (; born 25 September 1938, in Leningrad) is a Russian actress and widow of writer, actor and director Vasily Shukshin. She is the mother of actress and TV presenter Maria Shukshina.
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Lidiya Fedosey ...
Frederick the Great
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(voice by
Innokenty Smoktunovsky
Innokenty Mikhailovich Smoktunovsky (; born ''Smoktunovich'', 28 March 19253 August 1994) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. He was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1974 and a Hero of Socialist Labour in 1990.
Early life
Smo ...
Sergey Migitsko
Sergey Grigorievich Migitsko (; born April 23, 1953) is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, TV presenter, Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1991),Указ Президиума Верховного Совета РСФСР от 22 апреля 1 ...
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Jacques-Joachim Trotti, marquis de La Chétardie
Jacques-Joachim Trotti, marquis de La Chétardie (3 October 1705 – 1 January 1759) was a French diplomat who engineered the coup d'etat that brought Elizaveta Petrovna to the Russian throne in 1741. In the course of his eventful career, La Ch ...
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Vladimir Balon
Vladimir Yakovlevich Balon (; 23 February 1937,Фехтование: энциклопедия: А-Я / Федерация фехтования России; авт.-сост. М. Ракита, В. Штейнбах; под общ. ред. Д. А. ...
– Jacques, de Brillieu's servant
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Viktor Bortsov Viktor Andreyevich Bortsov (; June 14, 1934 in Orenburg, USSR – May 20, 2008 in Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet/Russian theatrical and cinema actor. He was a People's Artist of RSFSR.
Bortsov was best known as Savva Ignatyevich in the 1982 film ...
*"Do not hang your nose!" (Не вешать нос!) – Dmitry Kharatyan and Aleksandr Domogarov
*"Dove (Lanfren-lanfra)" (Голубка (Ланфрен-ланфра) – Mikhail Boyarsky
*"Song of the Cricket" (Песенка о сверчке) –
Kristina Orbakaitė
Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaitė (; born 25 May 1971) is a Russian-Lithuanian singer and actress. Her parents are Russian pop star Alla Pugacheva and Lithuanian circus performer .
Biography
Kristina Orbakaite was born in Moscow and spent much o ...
Filming
* Filming took place in the winter of 1989-1990 in the museum-estate "
Kuskovo
Kuskovo () was the summer country house and estate of the Sheremetev family. Built in the mid-18th century, it was originally situated several miles to the east of Moscow but now is part of the East District of the city. It was one of the ...