Summary
Katya and her 6-year-old son Sanya, who, in 1952, meet a veteran Soviet officer named Tolyan. Katya falls in love with Tolyan, who turns out to be a small time criminal, but who also becomes a father figure to Sanya ...
Good for
- Teens
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics a little warmer than audiences (+8)
Critics 88Audiences 80GoodWatch 83
Box office
56%of its budget back
- Budget
- $2 M
- Worldwide
- $1 M
Worldwide it made back $1 M of the $2 M it cost.
Running time
1 h 36 min
Shorter than most dramas, −13 min on the typical 109
typical 10996Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries
Released
1997
October 13, 1997
29 years ago
Genres
DramaCrimeLanguage
Russian
Original language
Made in
Russia
France
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsSolo WatchTeensThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
13 of 13
Vladimir MashkovTolyan
Yekaterina RednikovaKatya- MFMikhail FilipchukSanya
Yuri BelyayevOld Sanya
Amaliya MordvinovaDoctor's wife
Natalya PozdnyakovaБухгалтерша
Lidiya SavchenkoAunt Tanya
Anna Shtukaturovathe limping girl
Ervand ArzumanyanAccountant
Olga PashkovaActress- DCDima ChigaryovTeenage Sanya
- LSLyudmila SelyanskayaAlcoholic woman
Galina PetrovaVarvara
Directing · 2
- Pavel Chukhray Director, Writer
- Tatyana Saulkina Assistant Director
Production · 4
- Sergey Kozlov Executive Producer
- Igor Tolstunov Producer
- Raphaël Berdugo Co-Producer
- Igor Bortnikov Co-Producer
Camera · 1
- Vladimir Klimov Director of Photography
Editing · 2
- Natalya Kucherenko Editor
- Marina Dobryanskaya Editor
Sound · 2
- Vladimir Dashkevich Music
- Yuliya Egorova Sound Director
Art · 1
- Viktor Petrov Production Design
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Natalya Moneva Costume Design
- Nina Kolodkina Makeup Artist
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