Ingeborga Dapkunaite became an empress

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

The famous actress Ingeborga Dapkunaite tried on the crown. The artist has never given up interesting roles and is now playing Empress Maria Feodorovna in the new historical film Matilda. The star is very passionate about the project, and the members of the film crew note that the image of the royal person Dapkunaite is very good.

Filming of the film "Matilda" about the famous ballerina and favorite of Nicholas II Matilda Kshesinskaya takes place in St. Petersburg. The film was directed by the famous cinematographer Alexey Uchitel, and the roles are played by such celebrities as Danila Kozlovsky, Yevgeny Mironov, Grigory Dobrygin and others.

“I now know a lot about Kshesinskaya,” Alexey Uchitel told the press. - But it still remains a mystery to me. How could, for example, raise a theater hall to its feet in a matter of seconds? Many men went crazy with her, not only because of her external data. Matilda acted magically on people. And she was one step away from the fact that the history of our country took a completely different path."

The last emperor of Russia is played by the German actor Lars Eidinger, and his wife, Alexandra Fedorovna, Louise Wolfram. The name of the performer of the role of Matilda Kshesinskaya is still kept secret. “This is not because I want to introduce intrigue, but because we have signed a contract with our main actress, according to which we cannot give her name until the end of the filming process,” Starhit quotes the director.

But Ingeborga Dapkunaite is eager to discuss the project. “I am often asked, 'What did you bring to the character from yourself?' Of course, I brought a lot of my own, because these are my hands, my eyes, my voice. Naturally, in preparation for this role, I read a lot about Maria Feodorovna and took as a basis her character traits, charm, charm, - said the actress.

Filming for "Matilda" will take place until next spring. The plans of the Teacher to shoot the "winter period" and the Bolshoi Theater, the premiere of the tape is scheduled for the end of 2015.