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Mirror for a Hero

Original title: Zerkalo dlya geroya
  • 19871987
  • 2h 19m
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7.6/10
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Zerkalo dlya geroya (1987)
  • Drama
  • Fantasy
  • Sci-Fi
Two not quite similar men, our contemporaries, psychologist-linguist Sergey Pshenichny and former mining engineer Andrew Nemchinov, are walking in the street in their native miners town and ... Read allTwo not quite similar men, our contemporaries, psychologist-linguist Sergey Pshenichny and former mining engineer Andrew Nemchinov, are walking in the street in their native miners town and found themselves in 1949. Its a common knowledge that real miracles happen without technic... Read allTwo not quite similar men, our contemporaries, psychologist-linguist Sergey Pshenichny and former mining engineer Andrew Nemchinov, are walking in the street in their native miners town and found themselves in 1949. Its a common knowledge that real miracles happen without technical devices: time comes miracle happens. They spend in 1949 only one day the next morning t... Read all
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  • Director
    • Vladimir Khotinenko
  • Writers
    • Svyatoslav Rybas(novel)
    • Nadezhda Kozhushanaya(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Sergey Koltakov
    • Ivan Bortnik
    • Boris Galkin
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  • Director
    • Vladimir Khotinenko
  • Writers
    • Svyatoslav Rybas(novel)
    • Nadezhda Kozhushanaya(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Sergey Koltakov
    • Ivan Bortnik
    • Boris Galkin
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    • 6User reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Sergey Koltakov
    Sergey Koltakov
    • Sergey Pshenichnyyas Sergey Pshenichnyy
    Ivan Bortnik
    Ivan Bortnik
    • Andrey Nemchinovas Andrey Nemchinov
    Boris Galkin
    Boris Galkin
    • Kirill Pshenichnyy (Young)as Kirill Pshenichnyy (Young)
    Feliks Stepun
    • Kirill Pshenichnyy (Old)as Kirill Pshenichnyy (Old)
    Natalya Akimova
    • Lida Pshenichnaya (Sergey's Mother)as Lida Pshenichnaya (Sergey's Mother)
    Elena Golyanova
    • Rozaas Roza
    Yakov Stepanov
    Yakov Stepanov
    • Blind War Veteranas Blind War Veteran
    Viktor Smirnov
    Viktor Smirnov
    • Aexei Nikolayevich Tyukin (Mine Director)as Aexei Nikolayevich Tyukin (Mine Director)
    Nikolay Stotskiy
    Nikolay Stotskiy
    • Fyodor Petrenko (Young Miner)as Fyodor Petrenko (Young Miner)
    Sergei Parshin
    Sergei Parshin
    • Pukharyov (Miner)as Pukharyov (Miner)
    Valentin Aronyan
    • Mineras Miner
    Aleksandr Peskov
    • Ryabenko (Policeman)as Ryabenko (Policeman)
    Mikhail Chernobrovkin
    Denis Tsys
    Yelena Kozlitina
    Yelena Kozlitina
    • Sergey's Wifeas Sergey's Wife
    Vladimir Alekseev
    V. Gaevaya
    V. Makhota
    • Director
      • Vladimir Khotinenko
    • Writers
      • Svyatoslav Rybas(novel)
      • Nadezhda Kozhushanaya(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Vasiliy Lebedev-Kumach, whose "Pesnya o Tsusime" ("Tsushima Song") is heard in the movie died in 1949, in which main events of the movie unfold.
    • Connections
      Features Vstrecha na Elbe (1949)
    • Soundtracks
      Nyne otpushayeshi
      From "Vsenochnaya" composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff (as S. Rakhmaninov)

      Performed by State Academic Choir of USSR (as Gosudarstvenny Akademicheskiy Khor SSSR)

      Lead by A. Sveshnikov

      Vocal solo by O. Ognevoy

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    This movie is very redicules at first time seeing it, especially the first half of the movie, later its going a little bit boring but all in all a good movie I give him 7 of 10 points. Its a typical perestroika-movie. The first perestroika movies were in 1986 like w strelyajushej glushi or posledniy reportazh, but this movie is one of the first perestroika-movies, too. The story is interesting, which shows a new generation of russian movies, which were mid-late80's til mid 90's.



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    • Release date
      • April 16, 1988 (Soviet Union)
    • Country of origin
      • Soviet Union
    • Languages
      • Russian
      • Ukrainian
      • German
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Дзеркало для героя
    • Production company
      • Sverdlovskaya Kinostudiya
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,516
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 19 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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