Hunting the LionThe main shooting took place in the abandoned since 2005 pioneer camp “Iskra”, which is located in the Tver region near the village of Dudenevo. For two months, the team of production designer Anna Kozlova restored the buildings and added the objects necessary for the script. The creators had a task to reflect the era so that the camp would be recognizable, that's why they carefully chose the locations. The shots with the water tower and wooden stage were filmed in the operating camp “Chaika”, which is located across the road from “Iskra”.
The motor ship “Virgil” can safely be called one of the characters of the movie. On it the guys arrive at the camp at the beginning of the first series, and several key events of the series are connected with it. In reality, the ship is called “Quick”, and its captain rents the motor ship and arranges river trips. During filming, the captain himself stood at the helm of his ship.
Battle for the village
In movie
Scene where Civil War veteran Serp Ivanovich (Sergei Shakurov) tells how he and his brother Matvei and comrades defended the village from the White Guards in a battle in 1918. One of the enemies was in a barn with a machine gun, and it was hard to get close to him. Then the heroes went for a ram, defending themselves with a gun placed on a cart. In this way they managed to neutralize the last surviving interventionist.
Real
Scene was shot on the territory of the Gorki Leninskie museum-reserve near Moscow. Here there is a location called Cinema Village. The buildings of these places allow you to feel the atmosphere of a provincial Russian town at the junction of the XIX and XX centuries.
Abandoned church
In movie
Scene where Valera (Pyotr Natarov) together with hooligans from the senior group came to an abandoned church to make an exchange. According to legend, escaped prisoners come to this church, and it is possible to exchange with them. Valera brought a bag of groceries, but in return he wanted to get a gun from the convicts.
Real
Scene was shot in the village of Klimovo, Tver region. The prototype was the Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. As in the series, the church is abandoned, and quite a long time since 1930. The interior decoration of the temple was suitable for filming perfectly, but for shots with perspective team used computer graphics. In the story, the church, as well as the camp, are on the banks of the river, which can not be said about the real structure. That's why the series makers filmed the church from a quadrocopter, digitized and placed in the right place using CGI
Valerka's apartment
In movie
Scene where Denis (Ilya Korobko), Valerka's older brother, sits on the edge of his bed at night. While Valerka sleeps, his brother doomsayingly tells him to live differently. Morning comes and Denis tragically dies in an accident. Valerka wakes up, opens the window to the street and sees his brother's body.
Real
Scene was shot in a Stalinist high-rise on Red Gate Square. The events of the series take place in 1980. The film crew had to convey the spirit of that era. Most of the apartments in Stalinist high-rises have preserved the interiors of the Soviet era. That and took advantage of the creators of the series.
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