Bednaya Nastya
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Poor Nastya is a Russia
n telenovela
originally aired from 31 October 2003 to 30 April 2004 on the STS. Based on the imperial setting of the 19th century, the series reached international success and was shown in Ukraine
, China
, Israel
, Serbia
, Georgia
, Greece
, Bulgaria
and more than twenty countries worldwide. With the budget of $11,8million, it is the most expensive Russian television project of all time. The sequel was planned, but had not been made yet.
in 2006. However, a sequel has not been made yet. In 2006, Daniil Strakhov
stated he doubted it would be made, as it is "impossible to gather all the actors after three years".
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n telenovela
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
originally aired from 31 October 2003 to 30 April 2004 on the STS. Based on the imperial setting of the 19th century, the series reached international success and was shown in Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
, China
China
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, Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
, Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
, Georgia
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
, Bulgaria
Bulgaria
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and more than twenty countries worldwide. With the budget of $11,8million, it is the most expensive Russian television project of all time. The sequel was planned, but had not been made yet.
Fictional characters
- Elena KorikovaElena KorikovaElena Yuryevna Korikova is a Russian actress. She is perhaps the best known for her role of Anna Platonova in television series Bednaya Nastya.- Personal and media life :...
as Anna Platonova, the female protagonistProtagonistA protagonist is the main character of a literary, theatrical, cinematic, or musical narrative, around whom the events of the narrative's plot revolve and with whom the audience is intended to most identify...
. Anna is the illegitimate daughter of Prince Pyotr Mikhailovich Dolgorukiy and his servant Marfa, and was hidden in the house of her father's old friend, Baron Ivan Ivanovich Korf. Baron Korf brought her up like his own daughter, much to the seeming displeasure of his son Vladimir. Anna falls in love with Vladimir's best friend Mikhail Repnin, but their relationship is constantly disturbed by Vladimir, who has also fallen for Anna. Finally, it is discovered Anna's real name is actually Anastasia Petrovna Dolgorukaya, and she marries Vladimir. - Daniil StrakhovDaniil StrakhovDaniil Alexandrovich Strakhov is a Russian actor. Internationally, he is the best known for his role of Vladimir Ivanovich Korf in television series Poor Nastya and Captain Lisnevsky in film Transit.- Filmography :- Awards and nominations :- External links :* +...
as Baron Vladimir Ivanovich Korf, the male protagonist, sometimes shown as antagonistAntagonistAn antagonist is a character, group of characters, or institution, that represents the opposition against which the protagonist must contend...
. In the beginning, he is attracted by Princess Liza Dolgorukaya, but then becomes involved with Olga Kalinovksaya, Empress' lady-in-waitingLady-in-waitingA lady-in-waiting is a female personal assistant at a royal court, attending on a queen, a princess, or a high-ranking noblewoman. Historically, in Europe a lady-in-waiting was often a noblewoman from a family highly thought of in good society, but was of lower rank than the woman on whom she...
. He has a duelDuelA duel is an arranged engagement in combat between two individuals, with matched weapons in accordance with agreed-upon rules.Duels in this form were chiefly practised in Early Modern Europe, with precedents in the medieval code of chivalry, and continued into the modern period especially among...
with Tsarevich AlexanderAlexander II of RussiaAlexander II , also known as Alexander the Liberator was the Emperor of the Russian Empire from 3 March 1855 until his assassination in 1881...
and is condemned to death, but later saved by the Tsarevich. Vladimir is jealous of Anna and Mikhail's relationship, but finally marries her. - Pyotr Krasilov as Prince Mikhail "Michel" Alexandrovich Repnin, Vladimir's best friend. He falls in love with Anna, but their relationship is constantly disturbed by Vladimir, who also loves Anna. Michel eventually falls in love with Lisa Dolgorukaya and marries her.
- Ekaterina KlimovaEkaterina KlimovaEkaterina Aleksandrovna Klimova is a Russian film, theater and TV actress, who started her career in 1999. In 2002, she received Viktor Rozov Award for the Best Actress Under Age 30....
as Princess Natalia "Natasha" Alexandrovna Repnina, Michel's sister and the fiancée of Andrei Dolgorukiy. She leaves him after finding out he is the father of Tatiana's child. During the series, it is indicated Natasha has fallen in love with Prince Alexander, who has previously fallen in love with her and tried to seduce her. After Andrei is killed by accident, Natasha ends up alone, as Alexander decides to marry Princess Marie of Hesse. - Olga OstroumovaOlga OstroumovaOlga Mikhailovna Ostroumova is a Russian and Soviet actress, best known for her roles in films Monday Sure Will Come , The Dawns Here Are Quiet and Vasily and Vasilisa...
as Princess Maria Alexeevna Dolgorukaya, the antagonist of the series. She is the mother of Andrei, Lisa and Sonia, and the wife of Anna's biological father Pyotr Ivanovich Dolgorukiy. Maria is aware of Pyotr's relationship with servant Marfa, and depsises Ivan Ivanovich Korf, who helped them to hide their relationship. After Ivan Ivanovich dies, Maria Alexeevna continues a dispute with his son Vladimir. - Aleksandr FilippenkoAleksandr FilippenkoAleksandr Georgievich Filippenko is a famous Soviet and Russian actor. Filippenko was honored with People's Artist of Russia in 2000.-Biography:...
as Andrei Platonovich Zabaluev, the male antagonist. Lisa is forced to marry him, but they eventually divorce. - Anton Makarskiy as Prince Andrei Petrovich Dolgorukiy, the son of Maria Alexeevna Dolgorukaya and the fiancée of Natasha Repnina. He, however, sleeps with his servant Tatiana and finds out she is pregnant. Andrei is accidentally killed by his mother, who wanted to kill Vladimir.
- Anna Tabanina as Princess Elisaveta "Liza" Petrovna Dolgorukaya, the daughter of Maria Alexeevna Dolgorukaya. She is in love with her childhood sweetheart Vladimir, but is forced to marry and old aristocrat, Andrei Platonovich Zabaluev. The two later divorce, and Lisa falls in love with Michel and marries him.
- Lyudmila Kurepova as Princess Sofia "Sonya" Petrovna Dolgorukaya, the youngest daughter of Maria Alexeevna Dolgorukaya. She has a brief romance with Nikita.
- Svetlana TomaSvetlana TomaSvetlana Andreevna Toma is a Moldovan–Russian actress. She debuted at the Moldova-Film studio in 1966...
as Sychikha, Vladimir's aunt who lives in the wood, and is believed to be a witch. Vladimir despises her, as he believes she is responsible for the death of his mother. - Nina Usatova as Varvara, the servant in the Korf Manor.
- Dmitriy Shevchenko as Karl Modestovich Schüller, the steward of the Korf Manor, and one of the antagonists. He helped Maria Alexeevna and Zabaluev to kill and rob Ivan Ivanovich Korf.
- Anna GorshkovaAnna GorshkovaAnna Andreyevna Gorshkova is a Russian actress, who made her debut as Polina Penkova in the 2003 soap opera Bednaya Nastya.-Television:...
as Polina Penkova, the servant in the Korf Manor, jealous of Anna. - Olga Syomina as Tatiana "Tanya" Verevkina, the servant in the Dolgorukiy Manor. She is in love with Andrei Dolgorukiy and eventually gives birth to his child.
- Alexei Osipov/Ilya Sokolovsky as Nikita Khrostov, the servant in th Korf Manor, in love with Anna. He later has a brief romance with Sonia Dolgorukaya.
- Teona Dolnikova as Rada, a Gypsy girl.
- Igor DmitrievIgor DmitrievIgor Borisovich Dmitriev was a Russian film and theater actor who specialized in playing aristocratic characters in costume productions ....
as Prince Sergey Stepanovich Obolensky, the manager of the Imperial TheatreImperial TheatreThe Imperial Theatre is a legitimate Broadway theatre located at 249 West 45th Street in midtown-Manhattan. The theatre seats up to 1417 people....
in St. Petersburg. - Albert Filozov as Baron Ivan Ivanovich Korf, Vladimir's father who raised Anna as his own daughter. He is poisonPoisonIn the context of biology, poisons are substances that can cause disturbances to organisms, usually by chemical reaction or other activity on the molecular scale, when a sufficient quantity is absorbed by an organism....
ed by Maria Alexeevna, Zabaluev and Karl Modestovich. - Alexander Dzyuba as Sedoy, a Gypsy and the brother of Rada.
- Emmanuil Vitorgan as Prince Pyotr Mikhailovich Dolgorukiy, the husband of Maria Alexeevna and Anna's biological father, who is believed to be dead.
Historical characters
- Dmitriy Isaev as Tsarevich Alexander NikolayevichAlexander II of RussiaAlexander II , also known as Alexander the Liberator was the Emperor of the Russian Empire from 3 March 1855 until his assassination in 1881...
, the Heir to the Russian throne. His father does not approve his behaviour. - Marina AleksandrovaMarina AleksandrovaMarina Andreevna Pupenina , known under her pseudonym Marina Aleksandrova, is a Russian actress. She is perhaps the best known for her role of Marie of Hesse and by Rhine in Poor Nastya.- Personal life :...
as Princess Marie of Hesse, Alexander's fiancée from HesseHesseHesse or Hessia is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state.* The cultural region of Hesse includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse in the neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate state...
. - Marina Kazankova as Olga Kalinovskaya, Alexander's former lover. Vladimir and Alexander organized a duel over her, but eventually became friends. Olga is sent in a monastery in PolandPolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
and later marries an old Polish aristocrat. - Viktor VerzhbitskyViktor VerzhbitskyViktor Verzhbitsky, born 21 September 1959, in Tashkent, Soviet Union . Viktor is well known for playing the role of Zavulon in the 2004 film Night Watch and it's 2006 sequel Day Watch. He has been relatively active as an actor on both the small screen and large screen since 1994 when he starred in...
as Emperor Nicholas INicholas I of RussiaNicholas I , was the Emperor of Russia from 1825 until 1855, known as one of the most reactionary of the Russian monarchs. On the eve of his death, the Russian Empire reached its historical zenith spanning over 20 million square kilometers...
, the Emperor of Russia. - Alyona Bondarchuk as Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, the Empress of RussiaEmpress of RussiaEmpress of Russia was a title in the Russian Empire between 1721 and 1917, and was held by:*Catherine I of Russia, 22 October 1721 to 17 May 1727 *Anna of Russia, 30 January 1730 to 28 October 1740...
. - Alexander KalyaginAlexander KalyaginAlexander Kalyagin is a Soviet/Russian actor and director, member of the Public Chamber of Russia, People's Artist of Russia , Laureate of the State Prizes for his works in the theatre and the cinema...
as Vasily Andreevich ZhukovskyVasily ZhukovskyVasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky was the foremost Russian poet of the 1810s and a leading figure in Russian literature in the first half of the 19th century...
, the Counselor of the Emperor.
Sequel
The sequel Poor Nastya 2 was planned, as it was noted at the end of the Poor Nastya. A promo video was shown on television and at the YouTubeYouTube
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in 2006. However, a sequel has not been made yet. In 2006, Daniil Strakhov
Daniil Strakhov
Daniil Alexandrovich Strakhov is a Russian actor. Internationally, he is the best known for his role of Vladimir Ivanovich Korf in television series Poor Nastya and Captain Lisnevsky in film Transit.- Filmography :- Awards and nominations :- External links :* +...
stated he doubted it would be made, as it is "impossible to gather all the actors after three years".