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The Thief

Original title: Vor
  • 19971997
  • RR
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
5.4K
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The Thief (1997)
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A woman meets a man who isn't the right man for her - but she hasn't realised it yet...A woman meets a man who isn't the right man for her - but she hasn't realised it yet...A woman meets a man who isn't the right man for her - but she hasn't realised it yet...
IMDb RATING
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5.4K
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    • Pavel Chukhray
    • Pavel Chukhray
  • Stars
    • Vladimir Mashkov
    • Yekaterina Rednikova
    • Mikhail Filipchuk
    • Pavel Chukhray
    • Pavel Chukhray
  • Stars
    • Vladimir Mashkov
    • Yekaterina Rednikova
    • Mikhail Filipchuk
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 46User reviews
    • 38Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar

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    Vladimir Mashkov
    Vladimir Mashkov
    • Tolyan
    Yekaterina Rednikova
    Yekaterina Rednikova
    • Katya
    Mikhail Filipchuk
    • Sanya 6 let
    • (as Misha Filipchuk)
    Dima Chigaryov
    • Sanya 12 let
    Yury Belyayev
    Yury Belyayev
    • Sanya 48 let
    • (as Yuriy Belyaev)
    Amaliya Mordvinova
    Amaliya Mordvinova
    • Doktorsha
    Lidiya Savchenko
    Lidiya Savchenko
    • Baba Tanya
    Anatoliy Koshcheev
    Anatoliy Koshcheev
    • Sapozhnik
    Anna Shtukaturova
    • Devochka-khromonozhka
    • (as Anya Shtukaturova)
    Ervand Arzumanyan
    Ervand Arzumanyan
    • Bukhgalter
    • (as Ervant Arzumanyan)
    Natalya Pozdnyakova
    Natalya Pozdnyakova
    • Bukhgaltersha
    Olga Pashkova
    • Artistka
    Lyudmila Selyanskaya
    • Alkogolichka
    Galina Petrova
    Galina Petrova
    • Varvara
    Viktor Bunakov
    • Inzhener
    Yuliya Artamonova
    • Inzhenersha
    Evgeniy Popov
    • Bomzh
    Natalya Aitova
        • Pavel Chukhray
        • Pavel Chukhray
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      Storyline

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      • Trivia
        Final film of Galina Komarova.
      • Quotes

        [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.

      • 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.
      • Connections
        Featured in The 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1998)
      • Soundtracks
        La Paloma
        (uncredited)

        Written by Sebastian Iradier

      User reviews46

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      Should have won for best Foreign Picture
      This is one of the most ambitious films I have ever seen done; it is an extremely painful movie to watch in places, beautifully photographed, with understated direction that does not get in the way of the story.

      A lot will be lost on the small screen, but if you enjoy foreign films (or films in general) you will not find a better one than this. If you are in the mood for lighthearted entertainment, do not rent this film; you will feel sad for a long time after it ends. (It is a Russian story, after all.) Images from the film are guaranteed to haunt for a long time; it reminds the viewer of the power film can have to affect an audience.

      Nine stars for me.
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      • mercuryix
      • Apr 28, 2002

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      • Release date
        • July 17, 1998 (United States)
        • Russia
        • France
        • Russian
      • Also known as
        • Yaroslavl, Russia
      • Production companies
        • NTV-Profit
        • Productions Le Pont
        • Roissy Films
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      • 1 hour 36 minutes
        • Color
        • Dolby SR

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