The four-part feature film “To Save or Destroy”, the actors for which were selected with particular care, was filmed in 2013. The premiere took place on May 10 on the Ukrainian television channel ICTV.
Plot of the film
According to the script written by Pavel Gelman, the actors of the series “To Save and Destroy” were supposed to portray young people devoted to their homeland and their people, ready, if necessary, to part with their own life.
By personal order of Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, it is required to create a detachment of scouts to carry out tasks of special importance and secrecy. They will have to penetrate the rear of the enemy and find a man named Yakov Dzhugashvili. According to alleged data, he was supposed to be held captive. It will later turn out that the captured Soviet soldier is the eldest son of the Supreme Commander. That is why the assignment was given the value of special importance.
In the course of the film “To Save or Destroy,” the actors dropped out of the game, as many of the characters they played died during the execution of the assignment. The fate of others intertwined in an intriguing, and some even in a love web.
Leading actors
Since the film tells about the adventures of a group consisting of young scouts, most of the roles were played by actors, previously almost unknown to the domestic viewer:
- Nikita Zverev - the performer of the role of Lieutenant Sergei Korneev, one of the main in the film.
- Anna Snatkina - Anna Lavrova, daughter of an officer from the NKVD, sergeant. It is her romance between Katya and Sergey that causes a storm of emotions.
- Anna Gorshkova plays the pretty girl Katya Mironova, who falls in love with Lieutenant Sergei Mironov.
- Vadim Kolganov acts as the battery commander - Lopatin.
Discussion and evaluation of viewers
If you look for information about the film “To Save or Destroy”, whose actors did an excellent job, you won’t be able to find positive reviews. The fact is that the main drawback of the feature film is the inappropriate work of screenwriters who did not even bother to carefully prepare for their work.
According to numerous reviews and reviews of the film, it is clear that the actors of the series “Save or Destroy” did their job well, so there are practically no questions for them. But for many other things, many users find fault. And it's not that they have a biased attitude. In fact, both the plot and the production leave much to be desired.
Users of many forums call the work another domestic "creation", which you don’t even want to spend your free time watching. Thus, novice young actors spoiled their reputation a bit by acting in such an unprofessional film.
Negative characteristics of the series
How was the script for the film “Save or Destroy” rated? Actors and the roles of the television series after the premiere instantly received a large number of different reviews on the forums. Many of the viewers admired the beautiful game and the intricate storyline. Others ridiculed the creators for their apparent ignorance of some historical facts and frank kinolapy:
- The truck stolen from the Germans was Opel. And when he was let out of the mountain and blown up, he turned out to be not only a different model, but also a color.
- When the main character asks Kornev for chocolate, he takes it out of his pocket and treats her. Although it happens in the hot season, in June.
- At the beginning of the film, Joseph Vissarionovich appears on the screen in a portrait where he is depicted in the form of a marshal with epaulets. Although in 1941 such uniforms did not yet exist.
- The heroes of the film successfully hide under the wheels of the car from the German patrol and go unnoticed.
- Subsequently, realizing that they did not complete the task, they are considering the option of escaping to Europe (to Poland, and then further to the West). And this happens in 1941, when half the world is occupied by fascist Germany. Where they were going to run is incomprehensible.