Vysotsky: Thank God I'm Alive (2011) on Netflix
In 1979 the Russian poet and singer Vladimir Vysotsky goes on a concert tour to Uzbekistan, invited by Leonid Fridman, a concert manager there. KGB colonel Viktor Bekhteev is in Uzbekistan.
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Plot summary
Vladimir Vysotsky is a Russian poet, singer and actor, an idol of the 1970s and 1980s. In 1979 a concert tour takes him to Uzbekistan; the invitation came from Leonid Fridman, who manages concerts there. Tatyana Ivleva is his girlfriend, Seva Kulagin a friend, Pavel Leonidov his manager and friend, and Anatoly Nefyodov his personal doctor. Viktor Bekhteev is a KGB colonel in Uzbekistan, and there is a KGB colonel from Moscow as well. Isabella Yurievna directs the House of Culture of Uzbekistan. Yura is a colleague of Vysotsky, and his parents are Semyon Vladimirovich and Nina Maksimovna. A family friend passes the account of his last great love on to his son.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Vysotsky: Thank God I'm Alive (2011)
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- The lead actor who played Vladimir Vysotsky went uncredited and stayed unknown to the public; it was later revealed that Sergey Bezrukov was hidden behind CGI and heavy make-up.
- Playing Vladimir Vysotsky meant 4 to 6 hours of make-up every day and about 1 to 1.5 hours to take it off; in some scenes Vysotsky was recreated with CGI.
- The film is based on a true story about a Vladimir Vysotsky concert tour to Uzbekistan and the clinical death that followed in 1979.
