''Guard Me, My Talisman'' (russian: Храни меня, мой талисман, "''Krani menja, moj talisman''", also known as ''Protect Me, My Talisman'') is a 1986 Soviet
drama film directed by
Roman Balayan.
The film was entered into the main competition at the
43rd edition of the
Venice Film Festival. It also won the
Golden Tulip
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at the 1987
International Istanbul Film Festival.
[Peter Cowie. ''Variety International Film Guide''. Tantivy Press, 1989.]
Plot
The heroes of the film are modern young people - journalist Alexey Dmitriev, his wife, Tatyana, and some Klimov. A classic love triangle. Tatiana showing increased interest in Klimov, skillfully playing the role of an amateur of poetry.
As a spiritless person, Klimov intrudes into family life of Alexey offending and humiliating. In order to defend the honor and dignity, Alexey calls Klimov on a
duel
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.
Cast
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Oleg Yankovskiy
Oleg Ivanovich Yankovsky (russian: Оле́г Ива́нович Янко́вский; 23 February 1944 – 20 May 2009) was a Soviet and Russian actor who excelled in psychologically sophisticated roles of modern intellectuals. In 1991, he becam ...
as Alexey Petrovich Dmitriev
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Alexander Abdulov as Anatoli Klimov
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Tatyana Drubich
Tatyana Drubich (born 7 June 1959) is a Russian film actress. She has appeared in 20 films since 1972. She starred in the 1974 film ''Sto dney posle detstva'', which was entered into the 25th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the S ...
as Tanya
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Aleksandr Zbruyev as Dmitry, director of the museum
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Alexander Adabashyan as Monsieur Dardye, a French tourist
References
External links
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1986 drama films
1986 films
Films directed by Roman Balayan
Russian drama films
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