Kochegar (Original title)The Stoker (Alternative title)A Stoker (Help search title)
Dates: 2010 (Copyright), 13 October 2010 (Release)Country: Russian FederationDirector: Alexey Balabanov
Synopsis: Comedy/Drama. In the early 1990s in post-Soviet St Petersburg, Ivan Skryabin, a veteran of the Afghan war works as a stoker in an apartment block. While Russian society is undergoing a radical transformation, the stoker is seemingly oblivious to the changes going on around him.
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Subjects: Russia, 1990s, Boilers, Crime, Creative writing
Releases
Date: 13 October 2010Country: Russian FederationRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 1.85:1Dialogue (original): Russian
Date: 17 May 2013Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 87 mins 24 secs - Length: 7866 FeetDialogue (original): Russian / Subtitles: EnglishDistributor: Filmhouse
Dates: 2010 (Copyright), 13 October 2010 (Release)Country: Russian FederationDirector: Alexey Balabanov
Synopsis: Comedy/Drama. In the early 1990s in post-Soviet St Petersburg, Ivan Skryabin, a veteran of the Afghan war works as a stoker in an apartment block. While Russian society is undergoing a radical transformation, the stoker is seemingly oblivious to the changes going on around him.
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Subjects: Russia, 1990s, Boilers, Crime, Creative writing
Releases
Date: 13 October 2010Country: Russian FederationRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 1.85:1Dialogue (original): Russian
Date: 17 May 2013Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 87 mins 24 secs - Length: 7866 FeetDialogue (original): Russian / Subtitles: EnglishDistributor: Filmhouse
Credits
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©: CTB, Production Company: CTB Film Company, With the support of: Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, With the support of: Fond Kino, Producer: Sergei Selyanov, Screenplay: Alexey Balabanov, Director of Photography: Alexander Simonov, Editor: Tatyana Kuzmicheva, Production Designer: Anastasia Karimulina, Costume Designer: Nadezda Vasileva, Make-up: Natalia Krymskaya, Music: Didjulja, Sound: Maxim Belovolov
Cast
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Mikhail Skryabin (Major Ivan Skryabin), Aida Tumutova (Sasha), Alexander Mosin (Sergeant), Yuri Matveev (Bizon), Anna Korotaeva (Masha), Vyacheslav Paulyuts (Fedor Alexeevich), Vyacheslav Telnov (Andrey Sergeevich), Varvara Belokurova (Vera), Alina Politova (Lena), Petr Semak (Colonel), Roman Burenkov (Gosha)