The read
It runs a compact 1h 29m.
Synopsis
While returning to Leningrad from a visit to his brother, Professor Artyom's car breaks down and he finds assistance at an isolated farmhouse occupied by Alexey, his wife, a Vietnamese laborer, and a stranger who wanders around the farm. When his car is repaired, Artyom leaves, drunk on moonshine, and students Valera and Angelika arrive. After Valera gets drunk, the stranger abducts Angelika.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes81%
239 audience votes
Key crew
- Aleksei BalabanovDirector
- Aleksei BalabanovWriter
Cast
- Agniya KuznetsovaAngelika
- Aleksey PoluyanCaptain Zhurov
- Leonid GromovArtem, Professor of Scientific Atheism
- Aleksey SerebryakovAleksey
- Leonid BichevinValera
- Natalya AkimovaAntonina
- Mikhail SkryabinSunka
- Dmitriy KubasovSlavik
- Yuri StepanovMikhail, Colonel
- Aleksandr BashirovSkinny Alcoholic
- Konstantin BalakirevKolya Gorbunov
- Alyona FalaleyevaLiza
Stills
Themes
sadismkidnappinghostagepsychopathsoviet unionafghanistanviolence against womensexual violencemurderrape attemptmaniacpoliceman