Still Waters (russian: Тихие омуты, Tikhie omuti) is 2000 Russian romantic comedy-drama directed by
Eldar Ryazanov.
Plot
Anton M. Kashtanov (
Alexander Abdulov) is a talented surgeon and head of a large clinic. He decides to escape his domineering and bad-tempered wife Pauline in the village of Still Waters. Here he reconnects with his childhood friend, the head of the local nature reserve. This pastoral idyll is unsettled by one matter: at the time of Kashtanov's departure two million dollars have disappeared from his foundation.
Two strong women launch independent investigations: a police detective and a TV reporter...
Cast
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Alexander Abdulov - academician Anton M. Kashtanov
* Oksana Korostishevskaya - journalist Eugenie Tobolskaya (Jackie)
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Lyubov Polishchuk
Lyubov Grigoryevna Polishchuk (russian: Любо́вь Григо́рьевна Полищу́к; 21 May 1949 – 28 November 2006) was a popular Russian actress. She was born in the Siberian city of Omsk. After school she decided to become an ...
- Pauline, Kashtanov's wife
* Jan Tsapnik - Vlad, the operator
*
Olga Volkova Olga Volkova may refer to:
* Olha Volkova (born 1986), Ukrainian freestyle skier
* Olga Volkova (actress)
Olga Vladimirovna Volkova (russian: Ольга Владимировна Волкова; born 15 April 1939 in Leningrad) is a Russian theatr ...
- Varvara Petrovna Muromova, police detective
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Andrey Makarevich - forester
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Andrey Smolyakov
Andrey Igorevich Smolyakov (russian: Андре́й И́горевич Смоляко́в; born 24 November 1958) is a Soviet and Russian actor and director. He is known for '' Vysotskiy. Spasibo, chto zhivoy'' (2011), ''Stalingrad'', and '' Forb ...
- Ivan Pavlovich, Kashtanov's assistant
* Michael Dorozhkin - Nikita, Kashtanov's son from his first marriage
* Anatoly Lobotsky - Alexey Yozhikov, businessman
*
Marat Basharov
Marat Alimzhanovich Basharov (russian: Марат Алимжанович Башаров, tt-Cyrl, Марат Галимҗан улы Бәшәров, born 22 August 1974) is a Soviet and Russian film actor and a TV host, of Volga Tatar origin.
H ...
- traffic cop
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Alexander Pashutin
Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history.
Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...
- hotel employee
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Alexander Nevsky
Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky (russian: Александр Ярославич Невский; ; 13 May 1221 – 14 November 1263) served as Prince of Novgorod (1236–40, 1241–56 and 1258–1259), Grand Prince of Kiev (1236–52) and Grand P ...
- bodyguard
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Olga Pogodina
Olga Stanislavovna Pogodina is a Russian actress most known for her work on several dozens of Russian TV series and movie pictures (including Russian-Italian films). She is also a film producer, screenwriter and a show host.
She is a Merited Art ...
- girl smoking on balcony
* Olga Chekov - radiologist assistant
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Eldar Ryazanov - radiologist (Ryazanov was also the film's director)
Facts
*Eldar Ryazanov said that the character of Kashtanov was modeled after
Anton Chekhov
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; 29 January 1860 Old Style date 17 January. – 15 July 1904 Old Style date 2 July.) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who is considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career ...
.
*The film was banned in Ukraine because Jan Tsapnik was declared as a danger to the country.
References
External links
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''The romantic comedy "Still Waters"'' at Exler film reviews
2000 romantic comedy-drama films
2000 films
Films directed by Eldar Ryazanov
Russian romantic comedy-drama films
2000s Russian-language films
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