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2011 Russian film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vysotsky. Thank You for Being Alive (Russian: Высоцкий. Спасибо, что живой) is a 2011 Russian drama film about Vladimir Vysotsky based on a screenplay by his son Nikita and directed by Pyotr Buslov. The primary actor, who played the role of Vysotsky, went uncredited and remained unknown to public. Later, it was revealed that CGI and heavy makeup disguised Sergey Bezrukov. The film premiered on December 1, 2011.
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Directed by | Pyotr Buslov |
Screenplay by | Nikita Vysotsky |
Produced by | Konstantin Ernst Anatoly Maksimov Michael Schlicht Nikita Vysotsky |
Starring | Sergey Bezrukov Oksana Akinshina Andrey Smolyakov Ivan Urgant Maksim Leonidov Andrey Panin |
Cinematography | Igor Grinyakin |
Distributed by | Direktsiya Kino |
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Running time | 1 hour 12 minutes |
Country | Russia |
Language | Russian |
Budget | $12,000,000 (estimated) |
Box office | $27,400,000 |
Film is based on a true story about a Vysotsky concert tour to Uzbekistan and subsequent clinical death in 1979.[1]
The film received mixed reviews,[4] with many criticizing the decision to have the actor portraying Vysotsky to wear a mask.[5][6] Also Vysotsky's last wife Marina Vlady has commented negatively on the film, saying that the film is "An insult to Vysotsky, his art, his memory and our life together".[7]
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