''Lone Wolf'' (russian: Бирю́к, Biryuk) is a 1978 Soviet
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
Roman Balayan
Roman Gurgenovich Balayan ( hy, Ռոման Գուրգենի Բալայան, russian: Рома́н Гурге́нович Балая́н; born 15 April 1941, Nerkin Horatagh, Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, Soviet Union) is a Ukrainian-Armeni ...
. It was a part of the Official Selection section at the
28th Berlin International Film Festival
The 28th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 22 February to 5 March 1978. Director Wolf Donner successfully managed to shift the festival's date from June to February, a change which has remained ever since. This was the firs ...
.
Plot
Peasant serf Thomas is entrusted with protecting the forest. Thomas has to catch serfs like himself, who come to the forest to hunt or cut wood without the permission of the master. Unsurprisingly the villagers do not like him and nickname him "Biryuk" for his surly and unsociable character. But in reality Thomas is a kind and conscientious man who lives with his young daughter Ulithi a simple life. Utterly devoted to the woods and trying to protect every tree, the main character is mistakenly killed by a gentleman's bullet, who came to the woods to shoot birds and wild boars.
Cast
* Mikhail Golubovich as Biryuk (Thomas)
*
Oleg Tabakov
Oleg Pavlovich Tabakov (russian: Олег Павлович Табаков; 17 August 1935 – 12 March 2018) was a Soviet and Russian actor and the Artistic Director of the Moscow Art Theatre. People's Artist of the USSR (1988).
Biography
Tabak ...
as Bersenev
* Yelena Khrol (credited as Lena Khrol) as Ulita
* Yury Dubrovin as First man
* Alexey Zaytsev as Second man
* Irina Borisova
* S. Brzhestovskiy
* Anatoliy Mateshko
* Vladislav Misevich
* Silviya Sergeichikova
References
External links
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1978 films
1978 drama films
Soviet drama films
Russian drama films
Films based on works by Ivan Turgenev
Films directed by Roman Balayan
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