Pyotr Leschenko. Everything That Was...
{{Short description|2013 Russian television mini-series}}
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| genre = {{Unbulleted list|Biopic|Musical}}
| runtime = 50–54 minutes
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| starring = {{Unbulleted list|Konstantin Khabensky|Ivan Stebunov|Viktoriya Isakova}}
| director = Vladimir Kott
| writer = Eduard Volodarsky
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| producer = Denis Frolov
| company = Central Partnership
| first_aired = {{Start date|df=yes|2013|10|14}}
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| num_episodes = 8
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Pyotr Leschenko. Everything That Was... ({{langx|ru|Пётр Лещенко. Всё, что было…|Pyotr Leschenko. Vse, chto bylo...}}) is a Russian biographical television mini-series, directed by Vladimir Kott, starring Konstantin Khabensky as Pyotr Leshchenko.{{cite web|url=https://ria.ru/culture/20120608/668411983.html|publisher=RIA Novosti|title=Сериал о Петре Лещенко с Хабенским в главной роли снимает компания ЦПШ}}
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.{{Cite web|url=http://inter.ua/ru/news/2013/10/11/5292|publisher=Inter|title=Во время съемок фильма "Петр Лещенко" Хабенский "подглядывал" за Стебуновым}} From 22 until 25 May 2017, it was shown on 1TV.{{Cite web|url=https://www.1tv.ru/movies/statyi/petr-leshenko-vse-chto-bylo-pochemu-nelzya-propustit-serial|publisher=Channel One Russia|title="Петр Лещенко. Все, что было...": почему нельзя пропустить сериал}}
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 Klukvin 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
- Fedor Rumyantsev as sound engineer of the Columbia studio
- Rasmi Djabrailov as Mikhai
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Production
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".{{Cite web|url=https://rg.ru/2017/05/17/serial-o-petre-leshchenko-s-habenskim-v-glavnoj-roli-vyjdet-na-pervom.html|publisher=Rossiyskaya Gazeta|title=Хабенский сыграл Лещенко|author=Susanna Alperina}} Leshchenko's widow, Vera Belousova, met Khabensky in the late 1990s and also noted at that time that the actor reminds her of Pyotr.{{Cite web|url=https://tv.ua/news/serials/39041-petr-leshhenko-vdova-leshhenko-eshhe-15-let-nazad-otmechala-skhodstvo-khabenskogo-i-svoego-supruga.html|publisher=TeleNedelia|title="Петр Лещенко": вдова Лещенко еще 15 лет назад отмечала сходство Хабенского и своего супруга }}
Konstantin Khabensky and Ivan Stebunov took singing classes to prepare for the shooting, and performed the songs themselves in the film.{{Cite web|url=https://kp.ua/kptv/418664-rady-ukraynskoho-shansone-khabenskyi-nauchylsia-pet|publisher=Komsomolskaya Pravda|title=Ради украинского шансонье Хабенский научился петь |author=Yulia Katsun}}
Filming took place in Moscow, Moscow Oblast, Yaroslavl, as well as in Lviv and Odessa.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|tt3571216}}
Category:Russian drama television series
Category:2013 Russian television series debuts
Category:2013 Russian television series endings
Category:Russian-language television shows
Category:Serial drama television series
Category:Musical television series
Category:Russian television miniseries
Category:Channel One (Russia) original programming
Category:Cultural depictions of pop musicians
Category:Cultural depictions of Romanian people
Category:Cultural depictions of Ukrainian people
Category:Cultural depictions of Russian people