Tracker (1987 film)
| Tracker | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Roman Balayan |
| Written by |
Rustam Ibragimbekov Roman Balayan |
| Starring |
Oleg Yankovsky Yelena Safonova Aleksandr Vokach |
| Music by | Vadim Khrapachov |
| Cinematography |
Bogdan Verzhbitsky Vasily Trushkovsky |
| Edited by | Yelena Lukashenko |
Production company | |
Release date | 1987 |
Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Tracker (Russian: Филёр) is a Soviet feature film, a drama directed by Roman Balayan.[1] The film was shot in 1987 in Kaluga.[2]
Plot
1916, World War I, the premonition of the revolution. Vorobyov, a gymnasium teacher, retires from service in protest at the dismissal of revolutionary-minded teachers, although he does not share their views. He remains without means of subsistence – there is nothing to pay for a rented apartment, he has a sick child who needs to be treated in the Crimea. Vorobyov is looking for work, even the worst, just to pay money. The gendarmerie offers him to become a filer (spy, secret observer), cooperate with them and report all the unreliable people. Vorobyov faces a monstrous choice – or become a snitch, or remain an honest man without a livelihood. The impossibility of going out makes him commit suicide.
Cast
- Oleg Yankovsky as Pyotr Vorobyov
- Yelena Safonova as Nastya, Vorobyov's wife
- Aleksandr Vokach as Head of the Gendarme Department
- Oleksiy Gorbunov as Lavrentiev, gendarme lieutenant
- Aleksandr Zbruyev as Yakov Pyatkin
- Olga Ostroumova as Nina
- Filipp Yankovsky as episode
- Aleksandr Abdulov as Vanya
- Bohdan Beniuk as Janitor
- Igor Gnevashev as episode
Awards
- 1988 – Prize to Oleg Yankovsky for the best performance of the male role at the Seminci (Spain)[3]