A Stoker
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| A Stoker | |
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| Russian | Кочегар |
| Directed by | Aleksey Balabanov |
| Written by | Aleksey Balabanov |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
A Stoker (Russian: Кочегар), also known as The Stoker, is a 2010 Russian crime film directed by Aleksey Balabanov.[2][3][4] The film takes place in St. Petersburg in the 1990s. Main character is a retired major who served in the Soviet Army during Soviet–Afghan War. He works as a stoker and disposes bodies of people killed by local Mafia, which is headed by one of his former comrades from the Soviet Army. Everything changes when he realizes that one of the bodies for disposal was his daughter.
Cast[]
- Mikhail Skryabin as Stoker
- as Vassily 'Bizon' - lover of Sasha and Masha
- as Sergeant - father of Masha
- as Sasha - daughter of Ivan Skryabin
- as Masha - daughter of Sergeant
- as Vera - Daughter of Colonel Minayev
- as Gosha
- as Yasha
- as Kostya
- as Bartender
Reception[]
Critical response[]
A Stoker has an approval rating of 100% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 8 reviews, and an average rating of 7.40/10.[5]
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- 2010 films
- Russian-language films
- Russian crime drama films
- Russian films
- Films shot in Saint Petersburg
- Russian films about revenge
- Films set in the 1990s
- 2010 crime drama films
- Russian film stubs
- 2010s film stubs