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Title: The Thief (1997)
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| Vladimir Mashkov | ... | Tolyan | |
| Yekaterina Rednikova | ... | Katya (as Ekaterina Rednikova) | |
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Mikhail Filipchuk | ... | Sanya 6 let (as Misha Filipchuk) |
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Dima Chigaryov | ... | Sanya 12 let |
| Yury Belyayev | ... | Sanya 48 let (as Yuriy Belyaev) | |
| Amaliya Mordvinova | ... | Doktorsha | |
| Lidiya Savchenko | ... | Baba Tanya | |
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Anatoliy Koshcheev | ... | Sapozhnik |
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Anna Shtukaturova | ... | Devochka-khromonozhka (as Anya Shtukaturova) |
| Ervand Arzumanyan | ... | Bukhgalter (as Ervant Arzumanyan) | |
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Natalya Pozdnyakova | ... | Bukhgaltersha |
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Olga Pashkova | ... | Artistka |
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Lyudmila Selyanskaya | ... | Alkogolichka |
| Galina Petrova | ... | Varvara | |
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Viktor Bunakov | ... | Inzhener |
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In 1946, a soldier fathers a child then dies before its birth. Jump to 1952: on a train, the child and his mother meet a handsome soldier who makes a play for her. She accepts. Posing as a married family, the soldier finds them a rooming house where he becomes everyone's favorite through his good looks and generosity. Meanwhile he gives the boy, Sanya, lessons in life: to fight back, to win at all costs. The child's mother, Katya, is head-over-heels in love with Tolyan, the soldier, but the relationship becomes rocky when Tolyan's true plans for the rooming house become clear. It starts them on a treadmill of flight that risks Katya's life, Tolyan's liberty, and Sanya's trust. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Language:
RussianRelease Date:
17 July 1998 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$2,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$33,340, 19 July 1998, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
$1,126,115, 31 January 1999Company Credits
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Sanya - 48 Years Old: [voiceover] I was born right after the war, in 1946. My mother was going to the village where her relatives lived and gave birth to me right on the road. I never saw my father. He was covered with wounds when he returned from the war and died six months before I was born, but throughtout my childhood I kept thinking of him, trying to imagine him.
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[first lines]Sanya - 48 Years Old: [voiceover] I was born right after the war, in 1946. My mother was going to the village where her relatives lived and gave birth to me right on the road. I never saw my father. He was covered with wounds when he returned from the war and died six months before I was born, but throughtout my childhood I kept thinking of him, trying to imagine him.
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Alternate Versions
The Russian release features an additional 14 minutes at the end which depict Sanya as an adult. After he shoots Tolyan, the film cuts directly to modern times where Sanya is a colonel of the Russian army. He explains that he has had to kill many times since that day and that his profession justifies it. In a war-torn village, he mistakes an old man for Tolyan. He embraces the old vagrant, who dies in his arms. Upon inspection of his back, he finds that there is no Panther tattoo. It is not Tolyan. As he leaves the village in his own personal staff car, he takes off his shirt. At this point Russian audiences see for the first time that Sanya has a Panther tattoo identical to Tolyan's on his back. (Some non-Russian versions finished the film with a shot of Sanya at 12 lying in his bunk with this tattoo. Russians did not see that scene.) The original Russian version ends with a flashback to Sanya at 6 peering out the window of the train and seeing his father waving to him on the back of a passing railcar. It is rumored that 'Pavel Chukhraj' cut the non-Russian versions for two reasons. First, he wanted to make it shorter and more attractive to foreign critics and film festivals. He also felt it might confuse and complicate the meaning of the film for viewers not familiar with modern Russia. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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Pavel Chukhrai does not belong to any list of "Notable" film directors of Russia,nonetheless he has shown some amount of flair through his meek direction and screenplay in drama"vor" a.k.a."The Thief".
The movie is centered upon three characters- a widowed woman, with her little child who envisages his father every now and then and a charming but rakish officer to whom material gain matters most.Like some other hailed Russian movies it deals with grim picture of reality with no magical finishing touch.It certainly won't make you cheer or applaud but will move you a bit that's for sure.
Both acting and cinematography has been brilliant,Though editing and sound mixing could have been better. Acting of Misha Philipchuk as 6 year old sanya is priceless. Flying colors of European cinemas with highest possible proximity to realness are depicted through the wonderfully done cinematography.
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