THE SERVANT / СЛУГА

USSR 1988,
141 MIN.

Director Vadim Abdrashitov
Script Alexander Mindadze
Camera Denis Evstigneev
Design Alexander Tolkachyov, Oleg Potanin Music Vladimir Dashkevich
Cast: Yuri Belyaev, Oleg Borisov, Irina Rozanova, Alexei Petrenko, Alexander Tereshko, Larisa Shakhvorostova, Mikhail Yanushkevich, Vyacheslav Zharikov, Felix Antipov, Irina Cherichenko, Vladimir Novikov
Production Mos lm Studios

The parable about relations between a master and his servant, between a nomenclature boss of regional scale and his driver. Their ways were gone apart many years ago, but even becoming a famous conductor, the servant is not able to get rid of an internal slavery...
★ USSR State Award
★ 2 prizes of the Berlin IFF ★ 2 Nika Awards

VADIM ABDRASHITOV
Born in 1945 in Kharkov, USSR. Graduated from the Moscow Chemical Technology Institute and from the department of directing at VGIK (classes of M.Romm and L.Kulidzhanov). People’s Artist of Russia, winner of State Awards, prizewinner of prominent national and international lm festivals, winner of the Russian lm awards “Nika” and “Golden Eagle”. Professor at VGIK. Artistic director of ARK-Film Studio (Cinema Concern Mos lm). Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts “Nika”. His lmography includes “Reporting from Asphalt” (1971, doc.), “Stop Potapov!” (1974, short), “Speech for the Defense” (1976), “The Change” (1978), “A Fox Hunt” (1980), “The Train Has Stopped” (1982), “Parade of the Planets” (1984), “Plumbum, or The Dangerous Game” (1986), “The Servant” (1988), “Armavir” (1991), “A Play for a Passenger” (1995), “Time of a Dancer” (1997), “Magnetic Storms” (2003).

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