Credited cast: | |||
Milan Maric | ... | Sergei Dovlatov | |
Danila Kozlovsky | ... | David | |
Helena Sujecka | ... | Elena Dovlatova | |
Artur Beschastnyy | ... | Iosif Brodsky (as Artur Beschastny) | |
Elena Lyadova | ... | Young Editor | |
Anton Shagin | ... | Anton Kuznetsov | |
Svetlana Khodchenkova | ... | Actress | |
Piotr Gasowski | ... | Semyon Aleksandrovich | |
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Eva Gerr | ... | Katya Dovlatova |
Hanna Sleszynska | ... | Editor of Literary Magazine | |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Arevik Gevorgyan | ... | Journalist from Armenia (as Arevik Gevorkyan) |
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Mina Landraw | ... | Lover (as Mina) |
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Leonid Paranin | ... | FinskiyTurist |
DOVLATOV charts six days in the life of brilliant, ironic writer who saw far beyond the rigid limits of 70s Soviet Russia. Sergei Dovlatov fought preserve his own talent and decency with poet and writer Joseph Brodsky while watching his artist friends getting crushed by the iron-willed state machinery. Written by Alpha Violet
I have to admit I was shocked by the low quality of the acting. Most conversations (and in this movie there are plenty of those) seem really unnatural and awkward, most actors seem to recite their lines as if they were reading them from a paper... There is neither chemistry, connection nor emotion between the actors whatsoever: they seem to be talking past each other instead of to each other (maybe on some occasions it's deliberate, but this is happening throughout the whole movie, which makes it completely absurd.. ). Female characters have no importance on their own terms - they are only there to serve as background to the male characters. Weirdly, all females have bags under their eyes... Slight positives: the main character is mildly charismatic and the movie gives you a glimpse into how live could have been during the seventies in Russia (no idea if it's accurate enough). However, overall the movie is quite a waste of time, unfortunately.