The Guard (1990 film)
| The Guard | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Aleksandr Rogozhkin |
| Written by | Ivan Loshchilin |
| Starring | Aleksey Buldakov |
| Cinematography | Valeri Martynov |
| Edited by | Tamara Denisova |
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Release date |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
The Guard (Russian: Караул, romanized: Karaul) is a 1990 Soviet drama film directed by Aleksandr Rogozhkin. It was entered into the 40th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Alfred Bauer Prize.[1] The film is shot entirely in sepia.
Plot
[edit]The film is based on the real story of a Soviet Internal Troops soldier who killed his entire unit (the karaul) as a result of Dedovschina (hazing). The plot unfolds mostly on board of the prisoner transport rail car guarded by a unit of paramilitary conscripts.
Cast
[edit]- Aleksey Buldakov as Paromov
- Sergei Kupriyanov as Andrej Iveren
- Aleksei Poluyan as Nikolai Mazur
- Aleksandr Smirnov as Private Khaustov
- Taras Denisenko as Boris Korchenuk
- Vasili Domrachyov as Private Nishchenkin
- Andrei Zertsalov as (as A. Zertsalov)
- Renat Ibragimov as Ibragimov
- Dmitri Iosifov as Alexey Zhokhin
- Valeri Kravchenko
- Aleksey Zaytsev
References
[edit]- ^ "Berlinale: 1990 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
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