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

| channel = Inter
1TV

| first_aired = {{Start date|df=yes|2013|10|14}}

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| num_seasons = 1

| 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.

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