Roman Madyanov

Roman Madyanov graduated from the Moscow State Lunacharsky Institute of Theatre Art. He made his debut in film when he was still a child playing the role of Huck in Georgi Daneliya’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Since this time he has played more than fifty roles in film and TV. In 1983 he began working in the Mayakovsky Theatre in Moscow where he still works today. Mr. Madyanov is an Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation.

Selected Film Credits:

1973 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (“Sovsem Propashchiy”) – feature

1974 Spring Inversions (“Vesenniye Perevyortyshi”) – feature

1976 Everybody Knows Kadkin (“Kadkina Vsyakiy Znayet”) – feature

1989 Private Detective or Operation ‘Cooperation’ (“Chastnyy Detektiv ili Operatsiya ‘Kooperatsiya’”) – feature

1997 Impostors (“Samozvantsy”) – feature

1997 Poor Sasha (“Bednaya Sasha”) – feature

2001 The Kopeck (“Kopeyka”) – feature

2002 Life is Full of Fun (“Zhizn Zabavami Polna”) – feature

2004 The Children of Arbat Street (“Deti Arbata”) – TV series

2004 The Penal Battalion (“Shtrafbat”) – TV series

2004-2005 Soldiers (“Soldaty”) – TV series

2006 Four Taxi Drivers and the Dog 2 (“Chetire Taxista i Sobaka 2”) – feature

2007 Father (“Otets”) – feature

Roman Medyanov on the project:

“Around us is the Wild Field. It’s as if we’ve found ourselves in outer space. Everybody’s already forgotten about expeditions to these kind of places. Here it is, the steppe, the beauty. Dust that’s eaten into your skin. Everything is real here, the people are real.”

“My character takes a very serious position on life. He’s a strong person and the only governmental authority in this vast territory. He always feels that some disaster is lurking and the danger is coming from the steppe. Everything around him is growing more vicious and so he must continually be in good form, constantly proving his strength and power in order to command respect. Otherwise, without him, these people would tear each other to pieces and destroy everything. It is just something awful and destructive.”

“What do I like in Riabov? I like that he’s laconic and that he does everything casually and not like a hero. He does it the best he can and according to his own understanding.”

“At first Riabov doesn’t really trust the doctor who is an outsider. But later, when he watches Mitya’s professionalism and actions, Riabov turns to have a profound respect for him and gives the doctor perhaps his most precious thing in life – his flask with alcohol.

Life here in the steppe is very difficult. Relations between people are rough and masculine. That's what I like in Riabov as a person, he is a man of integrity.