''The Servant'' (russian: Слуга, Sluga) is a 1989
Soviet
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...
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 ...
directed by
Vadim Abdrashitov
Vadim Yusupovich Abdrashitov (russian: Вадим Юсупович Абдрашитов, tt-Cyrl, Вадим Йосыф улы Габдерәшитов) is one of Russian cinema's most notable independent director (film), directors. He is inter ...
. It was entered into the
39th Berlin International Film Festival
The 39th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 10 to 21 February 1989. The Golden Bear was awarded to American film ''Rain Man'' directed by Barry Levinson. The retrospective was dedicated to German film producer Erich Pommer a ...
where it won the
Alfred Bauer Prize
The Alfred Bauer Prize was an annual film award, presented by the Berlin International Film Festival, as part of its Silver Bear series of awards, to a film that "opens new perspectives on cinematic art". The prize was suspended in 2020 after it w ...
.
Cast
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Oleg Borisov
Oleg Ivanovich Borisov (russian: Оле́г Ива́нович Бори́сов; 8 November 1929 – 28 April 1994) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1978).
Biography
Childhood and youth
Oleg Borisov was ...
as Andrei Andreyevich Gudionov
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Yury Belyayev
Yury Viktorovich Belyayev (russian: Юрий Викторович Беляев; born 28 August 1947) is a Soviet and Russian film and theatre actor. He has received the title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1995) and the USSR State ...
as Pavel Sergeyevich Klyuev
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Irina Rozanova
Irina Yurievna Rozanova (russian: Ири́на Ю́рьевна Роза́нова; born 22 July 1961) is a Russian actress. She has appeared in more than 80 films and television shows since 1985. In 2008 she was a member of the jury at the 30th ...
as Maria
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Aleksei Petrenko
Aleksei Vasilyevich Petrenko (russian: Алексей Васильевич Петренко; 26 March 1938 – 22 February 2017) was a Soviet and Russian film and stage actor. He played Grigori Rasputin in Elem Klimov's historical drama
''Agony' ...
as Roman Romanovich Bryzgin
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Aleksandr Tereshko as Valery
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Larisa Shakhvorostova as Daughter-in-law (as Larisa Totunova)
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Irina Cherichenko as Chorus girl
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Valeri Novikov as
Father
A father is the male parent of a child. Besides the paternal bonds of a father to his children, the father may have a parental, legal, and social relationship with the child that carries with it certain rights and obligations. An adoptive fathe ...
Vasily
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Mikhail Yanushkevich as watchmaker
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Vyacheslav Zharikov as mechanic
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Felix Antipov as Mikhail
References
External links
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1989 films
1980s Russian-language films
1989 drama films
Films directed by Vadim Abdrashitov
Soviet drama films
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