I have loved Vertinsky for a long time and tenderly, so I was interested in the project. It's too early to draw conclusions about the first two episodes, but the format itself - the division into short stories, titled and inspired by individual songs and summarized by them - has gone. The selection of an actor for the main role is, in my opinion, luck. Vertinsky turned out to be very intelligent (here the actor has stepped far out of his role, which in itself causes respect), delicate, kind, sentimental, outwardly similar, everything is as it should be. It is still unclear, however, how convincing he will be in the future of philandering, but we will see. At least, I didn't want to quit.
Smirnova's extremely mediocre direction. It seems to be a more or less experienced author, but the product came off as a television conveyor, at its worst. On the other hand, I heard praise for the series only towards the actor, especially no expectations were destroyed.
There is no record. Moreover, it has not been proven that Vertinsky is the author of the song, there is a lot of controversy about this – Vertinsky's widow sharply rejects his authorship, for example. But we probably won't know the truth anymore.
On the other hand, I heard praise for the series only towards the actor, especially no expectations were destroyed.