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Pyotr Leschenko. Everything That Was...

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2013 Russian television mini-series
Pyotr Leschenko. Everything That Was...
Genre
  • Biopic
  • Musical
Written byEduard Volodarsky
Directed byVladimir Kott
Starring
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Production
ProducerDenis Frolov
Running time50-54 minutes
Production companyCentral Partnership
Original release
NetworkInter
1TV
Release14 October 2013 (2013-10-14)

Pyotr Leschenko. Everything That Was... (Russian: Piotr Leshchenko. Vsio, chto bylo..., romanized: Pyotr Leschenko. Vse, chto bylo...) is a Russian biographical television mini-series, directed by Vladimir Kott, starring Konstantin Khabensky as Pyotr Leshchenko.[1]

The show depicts the most significant events and milestones in the singer's life: childhood and youth, battles in the First World War, the beginning of his career, his success, touring Romanian-occupied Odessa, his women, and his tragic death in a prison in Romania in 1954.

The first episode of the series aired on Inter on 14 October 2013.[2] From 22 until 25 May 2017, it was shown on 1TV.[3]

Cast

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  • Konstantin Khabensky as Pyotr Leshchenko
  • Ivan Stebunov as Pyotr Leshchenko in his youth
  • Andrey Merzlikin as Georgy Khrapak
  • Miriam Sehon as Zhenya Zakitt, the first wife of Pyotr Leshchenko
  • Viktoriya Isakova as Ekaterina Zavyalova
  • Timofey Tribuntsev as Captain Sokolov
  • Boris Kamorzin as Colonel Barankevich
  • Aleksei Kravchenko as Sergey Nikanorovich Burenin, commandant of Bucharest
  • Yevgenia Dobrovolskaya as Maria Burenina
  • Sergey Byzgu as Daniil Zeltser, the impresario of Pyotr Leshchenko
  • Yevgeny Sidikhin as Colonel of the Russian Imperial Army
  • Dmitry Lipinsky as Andrei Kozhemyakin, Pyotr Leshchenko's childhood friend
  • Nikolai Dobrynin as Konstantin, father of Pyotr Leshchenko
  • Vera Panfilova as Zlata Zobar, a gypsy
  • Mikhail Bogdasarov as Kostake, the owner of the restaurant
  • Semyon Furman as Chorbe
  • Elena Lotova as Vera Georgievna Belousova, second wife of Pyotr Leshchenko
  • Olga Lerman as Katya Zavyalova in her youth
  • Sergei Frolov as Georges Ypsilanti, head of Pyotr Leshchenko's orchestra
  • Alexander Klyukvin as Feodor Chaliapin
  • Oleg Mazurov as Vasil Zobar, a Gypsy
  • Aleksandr Adabashyan as Paul, the bartender
  • Yevgeny Berezovsky as Zaletayev, the captain
  • Yuri Anpilogov as Hauptmann
  • Sergei Belyaev as Popescu, General
  • Oksana Burlai-Piterova as mother of Pyotr Leshchenko
  • Yevgeny Gerchakov as Antonescu
  • Anton Fyodorov as German officer
  • Denis Starkov as schoolboy
  • Elena Muravyova as hotel attendant
  • Fyodor Rumyantsev as sound engineer of the Columbia studio
  • Rasmi Djabrailov as Mikhai

Production

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Khabensky was chosen to play Pyotr Leshchenko, because the creators of the series said that he resembles the singer with his eyes, smile and an air of "nervousness".[4] Leshchenko's widow, Vera Belousova, met Khabensky in the late 1990s and also noted at that time that the actor reminds her of Pyotr.[5]

Konstantin Khabensky and Ivan Stebunov took singing classes to prepare for the shooting, and performed the songs themselves in the film.[6]

Filming took place in Moscow, Moscow Oblast, Yaroslavl, as well as in Lviv and Odessa.[6]

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