The Stoker (2010)
A shell-shocked Afghanistan war hero named Ivan Skryabin (Mikhail Skryabin) spends his days stoking the fire in a giant coal furnace. When he isn’t tending the flames, he keeps busy with other activities. He works on a historical novel. His adult daughter Sasha (Aida Tumutova) comes to visit. Local kids come to gaze at the flames. Gangsters, including a former Army sergeant (Aleksandr Mosin) and a sniper known as Bison (Yuri Matveyev), drop by to add special kindling to the fire.
Director: Aleksei Balabanov
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Mikhail Skryabin as Kochegar |
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Yuri Matveyev as Vassily 'Bizon' |
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Aleksandr Mosin as Sergeant - father of Masha |
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Aida Tumutova as Sasha, daughter Kochegar |
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Anna Korotayeva as Masha |
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Filipp Dyachkov as |
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Vyacheslav Pavlyut as Fyodor Alekseevich |
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Vyacheslav Telnov as Andrei Sergeevich |
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Pyotr Semak as colonel, Vera's father |
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Irina Osnovina as cashier |
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Oleg Korytin as customer's driver |
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Oleg Yudin as |
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Valery Rybin as |
| Directing | Aleksei Balabanov | Director |
| Writing | Aleksei Balabanov | Writer |
| Editing | Tatyana Kuzmichyova | Editor |
| Production | Sergei Selyanov | Producer |
| Production | Irina Pavlova | Producer |
| Camera | Aleksandr Simonov | Director of Photography |
| Sound | DiDuLa | Music |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nadezhda Vasileva | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Natalya Krymskaya | Makeup Designer |
| Sound | Maksim Belovolov | Sound Director |
| Directing | Vladimir Plyatskovsky | Assistant Director |
| Production | Alla Petelina | Casting |
| Camera | Yuri Kharchuk | Steadicam Operator |
| Crew | Oleg Korytin | Stunt Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Oleg Belyaev | Visual Effects |
| Editing | Ivan Maslennikov | Colorist |
| Art | Anastasiya Karimulina | Production Design |