Vysotsky Thank You For Being Alive

Vysotsky. Thank You for Being Alive (Russian: Высоцкий. Спасибо, что живой) is a 2011 Russian drama film about Vladimir Vysotsky based on a screenplay by his son Nikita and directed by Pyotr Buslov. The actor, who played the central role of Vysotsky remained unknown for public and uncredited. Film premiered on December 1, 2011.

Contents

• Plot summary
• Cast
• Production
• References

Plot summary

Film is based on a true story about a Vysotsky concert tour to Uzbekistan and subsequent clinical death in 1979.

Cast

Sergey Bezrukov as Vladimir Vysotsky (uncredited), also appearing as Yura, colleague of Vysotsky.Nikita Vysotsky voiced of Vladimir Vysotsky

Oksana Akinshina as Tatiana Ivleva, girlfriend of Vysotsky

Andrey Smolyakov as Viktor Bekhteev, KGB Colonel in Uzbekistan

Ivan Urgant as Seva Kulagin, friend of Vysotsky

Maksim Leonidov as Pavel Leonidov, manager and friend of Vysotsky

Vladimir Ilyin as KGB Colonel from Moscow

Andrey Panin as Anatoly Nefedov, personal doctor of Vysotsky

Dmitry Astrakhan as Leonid Fridman, concert manager in Uzbekistan, who invited Vysotsky

Anna Ardova as Isabella Yurievna, Director of the House of Culture of Uzbekistan

Vladimir Menshov as Taganka Theater stage director (portrayed Yury Lyubimov)

Alla Pokrovskaya as Nina Maksimovna, mother of Vladimir Vysotsky

Sergey Shakurov as Semyon Vladimirovich, father of Vladimir Vysotsky

Production

The actor who played Vysotsky spent 4 – 6 hours every day for make-up and about 1 - 1.5 hours to undo the make-up. In some sets Vysotsky was "reconstructed" for the film with the use of CGI.

In spring 2012 Sergey Bezrukov admitted in a TV talk show that he in fact was the actor who played the role of Vladimir Vysotsky. Also, for the extended TV version released in January 2013, Bezrukov was credited for the role of Vysotsky.