The TV project "Brigade" became a cult series about Moscow of the 90s, which gained great popularity in Russia and the CIS countries. Thanks to the filming in the film, little-known actors became famous, who had not even been removed before. Who was the main character of the series "Brigade"? Cosmos, White, Bee and Phil are four true friends. The article will focus on one of them - Cosmos. This role was played by Dmitry Dyuzhev. Despite the impressive list of films with his participation, for all his fans, he remains Cosmos from the series "Brigade".
Space - major, racketeer, friend
Who is the brightest and most memorable hero of the series "Brigade"? Cosmos Kholmogorov — one of Sasha Bely’s closest friends — is a cheerful, intelligent, and handsome guy, the son of a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Together with Bee, his friend, he was engaged in racketeering in the Moscow market and dreamed that with the return of Sasha from the army they would become a full-fledged gang that has influence in the criminal world. The guy had many connections among the mafia of the 90s, which allowed him to solve many issues, including those related to Bely, when he quarreled over his girlfriend with Mukha, a local bandit.
At the beginning of the “Brigade” series, Cosmos is primarily a friend — he helps Bely when the police follow in his wake, hides his father from his friends' dacha, gives money and somehow tries to negotiate with the “elders” from criminal groups. But then, under the pressure of circumstances, his character begins to change greatly.
Space - addict, killer
Power and money greatly change friends and, in fact, the relationship between them. What unpleasant happened between friends in the series "Gang"? Cosmos has always been in the foreground before, and after Bely’s arrival, he is forced to move away and give way to him. Kholmogorov does not like this. It is Cosmos that kills the Fly without telling friends about it, and it is precisely because of this that Sasha begins to have big problems with the law. Fortunately, Cosmos tries to help a friend, but after that the concept of friendship for him changes. Fully drawn into the underworld, the hero becomes ruthless, brutal and cruel. Everywhere he carries with him a gun for intimidation, so that without exception everyone can understand who is in front of him. Cosmos kills people, extorts money, threatens, and at the same time there is no mercy or sympathy in his soul. Soon, due to business, he begins quarrels with the Bee, against which he is trying to set up Sasha Bely. Having hooked on cocaine, Kholmogorov becomes unbalanced and dangerous, but at the same time he does not lose his charm and tries to stand up to his friends to the last.
Space Machine from the "Brigade"
At the beginning of the series, viewers were able to appreciate the luxurious car of the Cosmos - the Lincoln Town Car of the 80s. Not everyone could afford such a machine, and it became the hallmark of the hero, his pride. Cosmos has repeatedly said that only he and Michael Jackson have such a machine, that it emphasizes the status. Gray with painted lights from Andy Warhol - she looked very stylish in the frame, although the director cursed during the filming of the series because the American foreign car often refused to start and behaved very wayward.
The explosion of the Cosmos machine in the final series
How did the film "Brigade" end? Cosmos, Bee and Phil died. At their funeral, Sasha Bely decides to go by the old Cosmos machine , which was specially restored for this purpose. In fact, it was a trick. Sasha and Olya were driving a different car, and the Lincoln Town Car was supposed to explode with the help of a team of stuntmen Inshakov, a friend of Bely and Phil. According to the plan, a man was supposed to shoot a machine from a grenade launcher. Cars at full speed explode and fall into the river. The public is sure that Belov died, although in fact at that moment he and his family quietly left for a while from Moscow, in order to take revenge on his enemies afterwards. The shooting of these shots was difficult, because after the explosion, due to the heavy weight, the car burned out almost completely, but stopped on the road, although according to the director’s idea, it was supposed to fall into the river. It was not possible to reanimate the car, only pieces of iron remained from it, so the film crew had to hire welders who welded the remaining parts of the Cosmos car to the Moskvich old model. This car was blown up, and then the directors threw it into the river.
Space - nickname or name of a hero?
What is the name of Cosmos from the "Brigade"? The main character was really called that, it was not his nickname. Yuri Kholmogorov gave his son a rare Greek name for a reason. He wanted his offspring to be important and dear not only to him, but also to other people, the public and the country. The father believed that his son would achieve much in life, but did not ask for such a tragic fate.
The name of Cosmos from the "Brigade" is really so rare. If the other main characters had nicknames - Bely, Bee, Phil, then Kholmogorov did not need to invent anything. His character and style of behavior are almost completely consistent with his name. Kholmogorov loved to be in the spotlight and stand out from the crowd. Cosmos had its own style - expensive business suits (mostly blue), cufflinks, a striped tie and a gun. The hero did not like restrictions, he was jealous of his freedom and always strove for the new, discarding the old as unnecessary shackles. To his friends - Sasha, Bee and Phil - Cosmos treated like brothers and never wanted to betray them. He risked himself when saving Bely from the police, did not let the policeman, who “took” Bee and Phil, kill him, explaining to him that Sasha had not actually killed anyone. In his career as a criminal, Cosmos proved to be a great fraudster, he was able to easily expose traitors in the brigade and find new ways to earn money, although because of this he often got in touch with dangerous people who became a threat to the existence of a gangster group.
Who played Cosmos in the Brigade?
Space in the cult series was played by Dmitry Dyuzhev, who today is one of the most sought-after actors in Russian cinema. In the series, he tried as a little-known graduate of a theater university, which before that managed to appear only in the film "24 hours" by Alexander Atanesyan. After filming in the movie "Zhmurki" Dmitry received critical acclaim for his role as a bandit Simon. He also starred in such famous films as "Island", "Raffle", "High Security Vacation" and "Paradise Knows." In 2011, Dyuzhev received a director’s diploma and removed his first short films. Until now, Dmitry Dyuzhev has successfully participated in productions of the Chekhov Theater.
Dmitry Dyuzhev about Space and TV series
It is noteworthy that Dyuzhev is a believer and at the time of filming in the series “The Brigade” he regularly went to confess to his spiritual father. The latter gave him his blessing to participate in the series, as he considered him very instructive. According to Dmitry Dyuzhev himself, it is important for young people to understand that the path of renouncing God, turning a person into a criminal who can take his life and commit atrocities, inexorably leads to a tragic end.