Максим Оса: Золото Песиголовця

1636 year. The Polish king pays tribute to the Cossacks to prevent an uprising. The gold is taken to Nahman's tavern, where Maksym Osa, a cornet of the Korsun regiment, is waiting for him. But instead of a squad of 5 brothers, a half-dead Cossack with an empty cap turns up at the inn. Together with him, Osa goes in search of his missing brothers and finds their mutilated bodies in the depths of the forest. The castellan of the castle, Mr. Karl Vogel, appears at the scene of the crime. On suspicion of murder and theft of the lord's gold, Kozarlyuga is taken into custody and, under the pressure of torture, tries to find out the truth. The owner Mr. Yozhef, remembering the legends about the exploits of Maxim Osa, acquits the sichov and instructs him to solve the mystery of the death of the Cossacks and find the lost treasures. Wasp will have to untangle the witch's web and come face to face with the mystical Doghead. And even the scribe who writes this story is silent about the fate of the gold and its owner... Details 1. Filming of the film lasted 1.5 years, with a break for the quarantine caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. On-site shots from Kyiv region are supplemented with interior shootings in Rivne region and Zhytomyr region. 2. The new team had to actually shoot the tape again - with new actors, in new scenery, but with the budget left over from the previous filming. The first team filmed some of the material, and these episodes will also appear in the thriller in a rather unexpected place. 3. The harsh and gloomy atmosphere of the times of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was created by locations and decorations. The Russian Gate in Kamianets-Podilskyi played the role of the prince's castle, an abandoned church in the Rivne region added extraordinary mystery to one of the episodes, and the forest of the Kyiv region shared the atmosphere of foggy swamps. The costumes for the film were also specially created to emphasize the overall mood. 4. The costumes and shoes of most of the characters were sewn from sketches from scratch. Before starting to draw them, I read the comic book, then I looked through many books on the history of the costume, paintings depicting characters from different strata of the population of the end of the 16th - the first half of the 17th century, in particular, from the territory of Poland. I studied the history of the Cossack costume and its features, accessories, headdresses, fabrics and decorative elements. And some of the costumes were made in several copies, as they had to be damaged, burned, dirty and filled with blood. 5. In several episodes, the creators laid a kind of historical "Easter". So, in one scene you can see the tapestry "Battle of Orsha" - a glorious episode of Ukrainian history, a reminder of its unity with European civilization. And at the very beginning of the film, Maxim Osa wraps something unexpected on his leg like a grandchild - attentive viewers will recognize an interesting drawing there.