The Stationmaster (Russian: Станционный смотритель, romanized: Stantsionny smotritel) is a 1972 drama film based on the 1831 short story of the same name by Alexander Pushkin.
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Directed by | Sergei Solovyov |
Written by | Sergei Solovyov Alexander Pushkin |
Produced by | Viktor Tsirul |
Starring | Nikolai Pastukhov Nikita Mikhalkov Marianna Kushnerova |
Narrated by | Gennady Shumsky (on behalf of Ivan Belkin) |
Cinematography | Leonid Kalashnikov |
Edited by | A. Abramova |
Music by | Isaac Schwartz |
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Running time | 68 minutes |
Country | Soviet Union |
Language | Russian |
The film's themes include the sanctity of parental love and disappointments. Young Duniasha against her father's wishes leaves home with a young rake. The old man's life is destroyed and the daughter who disobeyed her parents is unhappy.
Cast
edit- Nikolai Pastukhov as Samson Vyrin, the stationmaster
- Marianna Kushnerova as Dunya, daughter of Samson Vyrin
- Nikita Mikhalkov as Minsky, hussar
- Valentina Ananina as brewer's wife
- Anatoly Borisov as doctor
External links
edit- The Stationmaster at IMDb
- Film The Stationmaster online cinema Mosfilm