''Bonus'' (russian: Премия, Premija
) is a 1975
Soviet
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Sergey Mikaelyan
Sergey Gerasimovich Mikaelyan (russian: Серге́й Гера́симович Микаэля́н; 1 November 1923 – 10 December 2016) was a Soviet film director and winner of the USSR State Prize (1976). He directed ten films between 19 ...
. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Alexander Gelman.
Plot
At a meeting of the
Communist Party
A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of ''The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. A ...
committee of a construction trust (russian: строительного треста), one of the supervisors, Potapov, makes a surprise announcement. He and his team refuse to receive the
bonus
Bonus commonly means:
* Bonus, a Commonwealth term for a distribution of profits to a with-profits insurance policy
* Bonus payment, an extra payment received as a reward for doing one's job well or as an incentive
Bonus may also refer to:
Plac ...
money issued for overfulfillment of
plan targets. According to Potapov, the management of the trust regularly artificially lowers targets so that the trust can easily exceed its targets. Potapov proves his words with compelling economic data.
The director of the trust, Batarcev, dismisses his allegations. He tries to disparage Potapov as a "troublemaker" and attempts to cover up the scandal. However, the Party Secretary unexpectedly supports Potapov's initiative ...
Cast
*
Yevgeny Leonov
Yevgeny Pavlovich Leonov (russian: link=no, Евгений Павлович Леонов; 2 September 1926 – 29 January 1994) was a Soviet and Russian actor who played main parts in several of the most famous Soviet films, such as ''Gentlemen ...
as ''Vasilij Potapov, Supervisor''
*
Vladimir Samoilov as ''Pavel Batarcev, Trust Director''
*
Oleg Yankovsky
Oleg Ivanovich Yankovsky (russian: Оле́г Ива́нович Янко́вский; 23 February 1944 – 20 May 2009) was a Soviet Union, Soviet and Russia, Russian actor who excelled in psychologically sophisticated roles of modern intellectu ...
as ''Lev . Solomahin, local Communist Party Secretary''
*
Mikhail Gluzsky
Mikhail Andreyevich Gluzsky (russian: Михаи́л Андре́евич Глу́зский; 20 November 1918 – 15 June 2001) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor. He starred in the 1972 film, ''Monologue'', which was entered ...
as ''Boris Shatunov, Head of the Planning Department''
*
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
Armen Borisovich Dzhigarkhanyan (russian: Армен Борисович Джигарханян; hy, Արմեն Բորիսի Ջիգարխանյան, Armen Borisi Jigarkhanyan; ; 3 October 1935 – 14 November 2020) was a Soviet, Armenian, and Rus ...
as ''Grigorij Frolovski, Chief Manager''
*
Leonid D'jachkov as ''Viktor Chernikov, Head of the Construction Department''
*
Aleksandr Pashutin
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pashutin (russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Пашу́тин; born January 28, 1943, Moscow, USSR) is a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, People's Artist of the Russian Federation (1999). Selected f ...
as ''Oleg Kachnov, Supervisor''
*
Viktor Sergachjov as ''Roman Lyubaev, Safety Engineer''
*
Boryslav Brondukov
Boryslav Mykolayovych Brondukov ( uk, Борислáв Миколáйович Брондукóв; russian: Борислав Николаевич Брондуков; 1 March 1938 – 10 March 2004) was a Ukrainian film character actor, People's Ar ...
as ''Aleksandr Zyubin, Foreman''
*
Svetlana Kryuchkova as ''Aleksandra Mikhajlovna, Crane Driver''
*
Mikhail Semyonov as ''Anatolij Zharikov, Secretary of the local
Komsomol
The All-Union Leninist Young Communist League (russian: link=no, Всесоюзный ленинский коммунистический союз молодёжи (ВЛКСМ), ), usually known as Komsomol (; russian: Комсомол, links=n ...
branch''
*
Nina Urgant as ''Dina Milenina, Economist''
Awards
* Grand prix of
All-Union Film Festival The All-Union Film Festival (russian: Всесоюзный кинофестиваль; tr.:''Vsesoyuznyy kinofestival'', also known as ВКФ; ''VKF'') was one of the most important film festivals of the Soviet Union. It was founded in 1958 and hel ...
(1975)
* Critics Award International Film Festival "Man-Work-Creation" in Poland (1975)
*
USSR State Prize
The USSR State Prize (russian: links=no, Государственная премия СССР, Gosudarstvennaya premiya SSSR) was the Soviet Union's state honor. It was established on 9 September 1966. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, t ...
(1976)
* Gold Medal at the Avellino International Film Festival (''Laceno d'oro - Festival del cinema neorealistico'') (1976)
* Award at the
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival ( cs, Mezinárodní filmový festival Karlovy Vary) is a film festival held annually in July in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival is one of the oldest in the world and has become ...
(1976)
* Honorary award and diploma Barcelona International Film Festival (1976)
* Award at the
Chicago International Film Festival
The Chicago International Film Festival is an annual film festival held every fall. Founded in 1964 by Michael Kutza, it is the longest-running competitive film festival in North America. Its logo is a stark, black and white close up of the comp ...
(1976)
References
External links
*
1975 drama films
1975 films
Soviet drama films
Films directed by Sergei Mikaelyan
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