This docudrama of harsh conditions in the Soviet army focuses on a military man, angered by the corruption of the system, who shoots six of his fellow soldiers.
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Title: The Guard (1990)
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| Aleksey Buldakov | ... | Paromov | |
| Sergei Kupriianov | ... | Andrej Iveren (as Sergey Kupriyanov) | |
| Aleksey Poluyan | ... | Nikolai Mazur (as Aleksey V. Mozrun) | |
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Aleksandr Smirnov | ... | Private Khaustov |
| Taras Denisenko | ... | Boris Korchenuk | |
| Vasiliy Domrachyov | ... | Private Nishchenkin | |
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Andrei Zertsalov | ... | Railway guard (as A. Zertsalov) |
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Rinat Ibragimov | ... | Ibragimov |
| Dmitriy Iosifov | ... | Alexey Zhokhin | |
| Valery Kravchenko | |||
| Aleksey Zaytsev | |||
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Mikhail Kirilyuk | ... | Railway guard |
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This docudrama of harsh conditions in the Soviet army focuses on a military man, angered by the corruption of the system, who shoots six of his fellow soldiers.
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internal troops | train ride | prisoner transport | crack up | soviet military |Genres:
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Country:
Soviet UnionRelease Date:
July 1990 (Soviet Union) See more »Also Known As:
The Guard See more »Filming Locations:
Lenfilm Studios, Kamennoostrovsky Prospekt, Petrogradsky District, St. Petersburg, RussiaCompany Credits
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I saw this film on a local government television station in Australia called SBS which played it at midnight. There's something very beautiful about this film which despite being set amidst the cold, harsh landscape of a desolate Russian territory it features the vitally honest, wan, lost eyes of the lead actor (whose name I can't recall regrettably) whose vivid sense of alienation was extremely memorable. Its a B&W film about a military guard who finds himself lost amidst his fellow guards' corruption and his own painful sense of duty versus his sense of goodness. Its a classic, familiar storyline but the use of black and white film is extremely powerful. It also contains a homo-erotic theme - obvious in parts like the shower-room scene in which the lead characters nakedness offers both symbolic proof of his feeling of emptiness but also the sad truth that even reduced to nakedness his alienation from fellow guards is unbreakable. Throughout this film the sad beauty is haunting but there are some strong moments of violence. This is a film filled with silences in which the eyes are very much windows to the soul. I found myself quietly reflective after viewing this film.