Mirror for a Hero (1987)
Zerkalo dlya geroya (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 2h 19min
- Drama, Fantasy
- 16 Apr 1988 (Soviet Union)
- Movie
Two casual acquaintances, Sergey Pshenichnyy and Andrey Nemchinov, are transferred almost 40 years ago by the will of mysterious circumstances. This day - May 8, 1949 - begins to repeat itself for them with inexorable constancy.
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Cast
| Sergey Koltakov | ... |
Sergey Pshenichnyy
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| Ivan Bortnik | ... |
Andrey Nemchinov
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| Boris Galkin | ... |
Kirill Pshenichnyy (Young)
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Feliks Stepun | ... |
Kirill Pshenichnyy (Old)
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Natalya Akimova | ... |
Lida Pshenichnaya (Sergey's Mother)
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| Elena Golyanova | ... |
Roza
(as Elena Galyanova)
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| Yakov Stepanov | ... |
Blind War Veteran
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| Viktor Smirnov | ... |
Aexei Nikolayevich Tyukin (Mine Director)
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| Nikolay Stotskiy | ... |
Fyodor Petrenko (Young Miner)
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| Sergei Parshin | ... |
Pukharyov (Miner)
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Valentin Aronyan | ... |
Miner
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Aleksandr Peskov | ... |
Ryabenko (Policeman)
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Mikhail Chernobrovkin |
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Denis Tsys |
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| Yelena Kozlitina | ... |
Sergey's Wife
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Vladimir Alekseev |
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V. Gaevaya |
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V. Makhota |
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Valentina Efimova | ... |
(as V. Efimova)
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Lyudmila Sedova | ... |
(as L. Sedova)
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P. Tsybulnikov |
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Z. Meltser |
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V. Bachenko |
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E. Zarubina |
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T. Gubskaya |
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P. Pichko |
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Vladimir Borisov | ... |
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| Lyudmila Yegorova | ... |
(as L. Egorova)
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| Gennadiy Ovsyannikov | ... |
(as G. Ovsyannikov)
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V. Samarskaya |
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V. Titarev |
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Vita Grebneva | ... |
Sergey's Daughter
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| Vyacheslav Butusov | ... |
Nautilus Pompilius - Singer (uncredited)
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Aleksey Mogilevskiy | ... |
Nautilus Pompilius - Musician (uncredited)
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Vladimir Bogachov | ... |
Captive German (uncredited)
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Viktor Komarov | ... |
Nautilus Pompilius - Musician (uncredited)
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| Bruno Lyaush | ... |
Captive German (uncredited)
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Dmitry Umetsky | ... |
Nautilus Pompilius - Guitar (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Vladimir Khotinenko | ... | (directed by) |
Written by
| Svyatoslav Rybas | ... | (novel) |
| Nadezhda Kozhushanaya | ... | (screenplay) |
Music by
| Boris Petrov | ... | composer |
Cinematography by
| Evgeniy Grebnev | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
| Galina Patrikeyeva | ... | (edited by) |
| Flora Stremyakova | ... | (edited by) |
Editorial Department
| Flora Stremyakova | ... | assistant editor (as F. Stremyakova) |
Production Design by
| Mikhail Rozenshteyn | ... | (production design) |
Makeup Department
| T. Grigoryeva | ... | makeup artist |
| Lyudmila Kartavina | ... | makeup artist (as L. Kartavina) |
| Larisa Kozlova | ... | makeup artist |
Production Management
| Galina Yevseenko | ... | production manager (as Galina Evseenko) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Oleg Beldyugin | ... | assistant director |
| Elena Glebova | ... | assistant director |
| Violetta Sedova | ... | first assistant director (as V. Sedova) |
| Inna Shterengarts | ... | assistant director |
| M. Smelyanskaya | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
| Sergei Karnet | ... | assistant production designer (as S. Karnet) |
Sound Department
| I. Kharkivyanko | ... | assistant sound |
| Sergey Sashnin | ... | sound operator |
Visual Effects by
| G. Khlynov | ... | visual effects |
| S. Malyshev | ... | visual effects |
| Vladislav Vorobyov | ... | photo retouching |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Sergey Bogdanov | ... | camera operator |
| Leonid Ilyukhin | ... | assistant camera (as L. Ilyukhin) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| V. Syomkina | ... | costumer |
Music Department
| Valentin Kozhin | ... | conductor (as V. Kozhin) |
| I. Orlov | ... | music editor |
| Vyacheslav Butusov | ... | vocals (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
| B. Kosinsky | ... | script editor |
Additional Crew
| Yevgeniy Kalinin | ... | administrative group (as Ye. Kalinin) |
| D. Vorobyov | ... | administrative group |
| Avangard Leontev | ... | voice dubbing: Yakov Stepanov (uncredited) |
| Lidiya Shustova | ... | title: Pshenychnyy's dissertation (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Goskino (1987) (Soviet Union) (theatrical)
- Misteriya Zvuka (2009) (Russia) (DVD)
- Polfilm (1992) (Sweden) (theatrical)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Moscow State Archive for Film and Photographic Documents (stock footage)
- Central State Archive of Sound Records (stock sound)
- Film and Photo Archive of Ukrainian SSR (stock footage)
- Simfonicheskij Orkestr Leningradskoj Gosudarstvennoj Filarmonij (orchestra)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
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 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 they found that it is the same day that was yesterday. All several months, they spent in the past, they spent in one and the same day: the 8th of May, Sunday, the day of heightened coal production. In the morning to the coal mine, in an hour an accident in a coalface, at 10 o'clock wire from the Ministry, after work reunion concerning the Stalins anniversary; robbing of pay desk, death of policeman Ryabenko, in the evening - volunteer Sunday work...and in the morning the same, and so for ever and ever Philosophic fiction, accompanied by music of group Nautilus Pompillius. After a novel of S. Rybasa of the same name. |
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Did You Know?
| 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. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Features Vstrecha na Elbe (1949). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Nyne otpushayeshi See more » |