Snake Catcher

1985 Soviet Union film
  • Aleksandr Mikhaylov
  • Natalya Belokhvostikova
  • Leonid Markov
  • Donatas Banionis
  • Lyubov Polishchuk
CinematographyMikhail AgranovichEdited byR. PesetskayaMusic by
  • Vladimir Chernyshyov
  • Gennadiy Nazarov
Production
company
Mosfilm
Release date
  • 1985 (1985)
Running time
96 min.CountrySoviet UnionLanguageRussian

Snake Catcher (Russian: Змеелов, romanized: Zmeelov) is a 1985 Soviet drama film directed by Vadim Derbenyov.[1][2][3]

Plot

The film tells about the former director of a large Moscow deli who ended up in a strict regime colony, and after leaving this began to fight criminals.[4]

Cast

  • Aleksandr Mikhaylov as Pavel Sergeevich Shorokhov
  • Natalya Belokhvostikova as Lena
  • Leonid Markov as Pyotr Vasilievich Kotov
  • Donatas Banionis as Boris
  • Lyubov Polishchuk as Vera
  • Svetlana Kryuchkova as Zina
  • Leonid Kuravlyov as Konstantin
  • Galina Polskikh as Nina
  • Valentina Titova as Tamara
  • Viktor Shulgin as Anatoly Semyonovich[5]
  • Alexander Pyatkov as Stasik
  • Igor Starygin as Boris's the guarantor

Awards

Critical response

Film critic Alexander Fedorov notes in his review:[7]

In phantasmagoric black-and-white dreams, ingeniously filmed by cinematographer Mikhail Agranovich, one can catch echoes of the director's former poetic metaphors, but otherwise Vadim Derbenev tries to keep within the framework of the traditional genre of crime drama. Tries... But comes out superficial and boring.

See also

References

  1. ^ Месяц двух актрис: в кинотеатрах сети «Москино» бесплатно покажут фильмы с Татьяной Самойловой и Любовью Полищук
  2. ^ В «Сатурне» на Снежной покажут советское кино о чести
  3. ^ Умер режиссер «Змеелова» и «На углу, у Патриарших» Вадим Дербенев
  4. ^ Змеелов // КиноПоиск
  5. ^ Snake Catcher (1985) Full Cast / Crew
  6. ^ Змеелов // kino-teatr.ru
  7. ^ Fedorov, Alexander (1985). "Мини-кинорецензии разных лет" (in Russian). mediagram.ru.
  • Snake Catcher at IMDb