Cargo 200 (2007) Gruz 200 (original title)

Director:

Aleksey Balabanov

Writer:

Aleksey Balabanov

Release Date:

14 June 2007 (Russia)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Odinnadtsatyy film Alekseya Balabanova (Eleventh film by Aleksey Balabanov)

Plot:

A young woman is taken hostage by a police officer and subsequently abused by the lawman gone mad. |

Plot Keywords:

Female Nudity | Rape | Soviet Afghanistan War | Kidnapping | Murder

Awards:

2 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Agniya Kuznetsova	...	Angelika
Aleksei Poluyan	...	Captain Zhurov
Leonid Gromov	...	Artem, Professor of Scientific Atheism
Aleksey Serebryakov	...	Aleksey
Leonid Bichevin	...	Valera
Natalya Akimova	...	Antonina, Aleksey's Wife
Yuriy Stepanov	...	Mikhail, Colonel
Mikhail Skryabin	...	Sunka
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sergei Aleksandrov
Valentina Andryukova
Konstantin Balakirev
Aleksandr Bashirov	...	Skinny Alcoholic
Alyona Falaleyeva
Yuliya Glazunova
Dmitri Karpov
Marina Korolkova
Dmitriy Kubasov
Igor Malukhin
Lyalya Miropolskaya
Andrei Mokeyev
Aleksandr Mosin
Anzhelika Nevolina
Mariya Nikiforova
Ilya Plyatskovsky
Irina Rakshina
Mikhail Sokolov
Aleksandr Ustinov
Lyudmila Yegorova
Pavel Yulku

Directed by
Aleksey Balabanov

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Aleksey Balabanov

Produced by
Sergey Selyanov	....	producer

Cinematography by
Aleksandr Simonov

Film Editing by
Tatyana Kuzmichyova

Production Design by
Pavel Parkhomenko

Costume Design by
Nadezhda Vasilyeva

Makeup Department
Natalya Krymskaya	....	makeup department head
Darya Vasilkova	....	makeup artist
Kseniya Yakhnina	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Vladislav Maevsky	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Roman Kovalyov	....	first assistant director
Tatyana Lelik	....	second assistant director
Mikhail Medvedev	....	assistant director: props
Yelizaveta Melnikova	....	assistant director: props
Anastasiya Pavlovich	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Mikhail Nikolayev	....	sound
Dmitry Vasilyev	....	sound designer

Special Effects by
Aleksandr Yakovlev	....	pyrotechnician

Visual Effects by
Ilya Lindberg	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Sergey Golovkin	....	stunts
Oleg Korytin	....	stunt coordinator
Aleksandr Pangayev	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Zaur Bolotaev	....	camera operator
Gleb Dankanich	....	video controller
Yevgeni Filatkin	....	focus puller
Vyacheslav Mukhin	....	assistant camera
Aleksandr Skriba	....	dolly grip
Alexandr Soloviev	....	camera car provider
Pavel Vasilyev	....	still photographer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Marina Andreyeva	....	assistant costume designer
Yelena Languyeva	....	assistant costume designer
Olga Mikhailova	....	assistant costume designer

Other crew
Tatyana Kuzmichyova	....	assistant to director

Production Companies

• Kinokompaniya CTB

Distributors

• Disinformation Company (2009) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Filmmuseum Distributie (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Nashe Kino (2007) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Rosebud (2008) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Cecchi Gori Home Video (2008) (Italy) (DVD)
• Soyuz (2008) (Russia) (DVD)

Also Known As:

"Gruz 200" - Russia (original title)
"Freight 200" - International (English title)

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

Russia

Language:

Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Hong Kong:III | Singapore:M18 | New Zealand:R18 | Italy:VM14

Filming Locations:

Cherepovets, Russia

Company:

Kinokompaniya CTB

Trivia:

The first Russian movie to be released both on film and on digital media with improved image quality.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Prozhektorperiskhilton: Evgeniy Grishkovets (#4.7)" (2010)

Great terrifying picture, a must see.

It is a film about the death of totalitarianism in separately taken country. Year 1984, the life gloom of the Soviet power was condensed to the limit... Those who lived in USSR may cry when watching it. It is so cruel and at the same time so true. Every single part of you will tremble in the watching process. It is inspired from real facts, won't let anybody indifferent, I mean for those who knows at least something about the cinematography... Roles are played perfectly, just how it was meant to be played. People with weak heart and people that loves American Pie series, skip it, you won't like it anyway. For the rest, what can I say, you HAVE to see this movie. 9 out of 10