Summary
A shell-shocked Afghanistan war hero named Ivan Skryabin (Mikhail Skryabin) spends his days stoking the fire in a giant coal furnace. When he isn’t tending the flames, he keeps busy with other activities.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
- Graphic violence bothers you
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+33)
Critics 100Audiences 67GoodWatch 82
Tomatometer100%
Audience score67%
IMDb6.6
Running time
1 h 23 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 dramas, −26 min on the typical 109
typical 10983Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries
Released
2010
October 13, 2010
16 years ago
Genres
DramaCrimeLanguage
Russian
Original language
Made in
- Russia
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 4 more10 people
- Mikhail SkryabinKochegar
- YMYuri MatveyevVassily 'Bizon'
- Aleksandr MosinSergeant - father of Masha
- Aida TumutovaSasha, daughter Kochegar
- AKAnna KorotayevaMasha
- Vyacheslav PavlyutFyodor Alekseevich
- Vyacheslav TelnovAndrei Sergeevich
- Pyotr Semakcolonel, Vera's father
- Irina Osnovinacashier
- OKOleg Korytincustomer's driver
Directing · 2
- Aleksei Balabanov Director, Writer
- Vladimir Plyatskovsky Assistant Director
Production · 3
- Sergei Selyanov Producer
- Irina Pavlova Producer
- Alla Petelina Casting
Camera · 2
- Aleksandr Simonov Director of Photography
- Yuri Kharchuk Steadicam Operator
Editing · 2
- Tatyana Kuzmichyova Editor
- Ivan Maslennikov Colorist
Sound · 2
- DiDuLa Music
- Maksim Belovolov Sound Director
Art · 1
- Anastasiya Karimulina Production Design
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Nadezhda Vasileva Costume Design
- Natalya Krymskaya Makeup Designer
Visual Effects · 1
- Oleg Belyaev Visual Effects
Other crew · 1
- Oleg Korytin Stunt Coordinator
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