Every Russian viewer who watched thisfilm (and certainly not once), can find in it something of its own, native, very understandable and familiar. After all, there is a very simple and harmonious combination of ironic and philosophical attitude to the character and mentality of Russians.
For sure, fans of this story have repeatedly asked themselves the question about where they shot the "Peculiarities of National Fishing". Let's try to figure out what kind of comedy and where the shooting took place.
Three years before the release of this picture under thethe direction of director Alexander Rogozhkin has already published the previous film about the peculiarities of the national hunt, which many Russians liked. Therefore, it was decided to continue the adventures of three friends. And it happened. And at first none of the crew did not tell us where they shot the "Peculiarities of National Fishing".
In the first part of this long history, Raivo has alreadymanaged to find out what a real Russian hunt is. Now he will personally see how the local peasants usually fish. Three heroes, with whom the audience has already met - General Ivolgin, hunter Kuzmich and Leva Soloveichik - gathered for fishing. As usual, they began to drink without stopping, did not pay attention to what happened abroad, on the territory of Finland. As they crossed the border illegally, friends are going to quickly return home, to Russia. Only in a hurry they completely forgot about fifteen boxes of a warming drink they took with them on fishing. So they need to go back and get the vodka. Men are ready for anything for such a serious mission. They even involve the Russian Navy.
The director decided to leave the same actors for filmingin the second part of the adventures of Russian peasants. This was done for one simple reason: the new film is a sequel. Therefore, other people would not give a full picture of what is happening. And remained in the film Alexei Buldakov (general), Viktor Bychkov (Kuzmich) and Semen Strugachev (Soloveichik). Were not gone and adored by millions of Russians Finn Ville Haapasalo.
So, thanks to the adventures of this organically watched in the frame of the four, viewers could see all the beauty of the area, where they shot "Peculiarities of National Fishing".
For the filming of this film was prepared as much as 30boxes of alcohol - the real vodka. By the way, in the frame, the actors were drinking it. The director went to this, explaining his decision to pour ordinary water into vodka bottles would be very long. Then it turned out that this rather strong drink was scorched. It's good that no one from the crew was particularly hurt.
Places where they filmed "Peculiarities of national fishing", remembered to all actors for life. And this is not surprising, because with each of them occurred not only curious, but also quite dangerous cases.
During the work on the film, the crewaccidentally fell from the raft, which at that time was a temporary site for filming. Eight members of the group nearly choked in not very warm water. Thanks to the illuminator, who heroically managed to pull the cord (and the voltage was 380 volts) before the raft went under water, the crew remained alive.
Another incident occurred with Alexei Buldakov.He had a ring cut off his finger, a gift from his wife. The actor dived after him into the water, catching the ring simply with the help of a miracle - with his mouth. And while he was floundering in the water, he continued to shoot.
So where filmed "Peculiarities of the nationalfishing "? The description of these places can best reveal a mysterious and at times incomprehensible Russian soul. The entire filming process took place in Karelia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland. To be more precise, it is in the area of the Northern Ladoga area. It is the beauty of the places of Karelia that inspired the director to choose this object. Now this place is very popular with tourists camping "Kordon Kuzmicha".
It seems that the work was carried out according to plan, witharrangement, but without force majeure was not done. To show all the charm of the lands of Karelia, the operator ran around the rough terrain and tried to remove all the necessary landscapes at once, with one take. Next to him ran the actors. General Buldakov accidentally fell into the water, where he caught hold of the stone. As a result, the crack of the right rib. In addition, in this shot, he was shot in a heavy suit, which pulled him to the bottom. Therefore, the artist had, as the notorious Baron Munchausen, himself to get himself out of the water with one hand. In the second at this time was a fishing rod.
Now, when it became clear where the "Peculiarities of National Fishing" was filmed, we can say with certainty that the choice of the place was made absolutely right.
Sergei Russkin (role - Sergei Savchenko) almostcaught a cold. One of the scenes (according to the script, he stumbles on his jeep on the road during a pouring rain) was photographed from fifty times. To pull out the hero Russkina, to the car should have picked up an off-road car. And then it turned out that they tied not him, but an ordinary cow.
The whole film crew wanted to shoot a simple, nothingnot remarkable, but interesting picture. And after a few years, the actors remembered how the director was shouting that they would play seriously. Perhaps that's why something worthwhile came from this story. During the filming, everyone lived a huge, united family, worked for a couple of cents and did not think they were doing something special. Even when they came to Kinotavr, the actors were sure that their film was quite ordinary. And even those beautiful places where the film "Peculiarities of National Fishing" were filmed did not seem special to the crew any more.
What was the surprise of all those present, when all the prizes were given this particular picture.
