The Stoker (2010)
Kochegar
87 min
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.
- Release date
- October 13, 2010
- Country of origin
- Russia
- Box office
- $183,640
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Cast
- Mikhail Skryabin as Kochegar
- Aleksandr Mosin as Sergeant - father of Masha
- Aida Tumutova as Sasha - daughter of Ivan Skryabin
- Anna Korotayeva as Masha - daughter of Sergeant
- Filipp Dyachkov as Yasha
- Vyacheslav Pavlyut as Fyodor Alekseevich
- Vyacheslav Telnov as Andrei Sergeevich
- Irina Osnovina as cashier
- Yuriy Matveev as Vassily 'Bizon' - lover of Sasha and Masha
- Varvara Belokurova as Vera - Daughter of Colonel Minayev
- Roman Burenkov as Gosha
- Aleksandr Garkushenko as Kostya
- Kirill Komlev as Bartender
Crew
- Aleksey Balabanov · Director
- Aleksey Balabanov · Writer
- Sergey Selyanov · Producer
- Valeriy Didyulya · Composer
- Aleksandr Simonov · Cinematographer
- Tatyana Kuzmichyova · Editor
- Anastasiya Karimulina · Production designer