''The Year of the Dog'' (russian: Год собаки, God sobaki) is a 1994 Russian
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
Semyon Aranovich
Semyon Davidovich Aranovich (Russian: Семён Дави́дович Арано́вич, 23 July 1934, Derazhnya, Ukraine, Soviet Union – 8 September 1996, Hamburg, Germany) was a Soviet and Russian film director.
Life and career
Aranovi ...
. It was entered into the
44th Berlin International Film Festival
The 44th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 10 to 21 February 1994. The Golden Bear was awarded to British-Irish film ''In the Name of the Father'' directed by Jim Sheridan. The retrospective dedicated to Austrian director, ...
where it won the
Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution.
Plot
Former criminal Sergei meets Vera - an elderly unhappy woman who lives in a dormitory. After Sergei commits another crime, they run together and along the way they accidentally get into a zone contaminated by radiation. Sergei decides to stay there, but Vera does not leave him. At that moment three looters come to the territory.
Cast
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Inna Churikova
Inna Mikhailovna Churikova (russian: Инна Михайловна Чурикова; born 5 October 1943) is a Soviet and Russian film and theatre actress.
Biography
Churikova was born in Belebey, Bashkir ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. In t ...
as Vera
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Igor Sklyar
Igor Borisovich Sklyar (russian: Игорь Борисович Скляр; born 18 December 1957) is a Russian actor and singer. He has appeared in over 30 films since 1974. He starred in the 1994 film, '' The Year of the Dog'', which won the S ...
as Sergej
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Aleksandr Feklistov
Aleksandr Vasilyevich Feklistov (russian: link=no, Алекса́ндр Васи́льевич Фекли́стов; born December 7, 1955) is a Russian actor. He appeared in more than sixty films since 1984 (the film ''Troop'').
Since 2007 – ...
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Era Ziganshina
Era Garafovna Ziganshina ( tt-Cyrl, Эра Гарәф кызы Җиһаншина, russian: Э́ра Гара́фовна Зига́ншина; born February 1, 1944) is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress, People's Artist of Russia (2005 ...
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Mikhail Dorofeyev
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Sergei Bobrov
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Gennadi Menshikov
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Valentina Kovel
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Robert Vaab
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Diana Shishlyayeva
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Irina Polyanskaya
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Dmitri Kruglov
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Tatyana Zakharova
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Marina Yuldasheva
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Viktor Sukhorukov
Viktor Ivanovich Sukhorukov PAR (russian: Виктор Иванович Сухоруков; born 10 November 1951) is a Russian actor. He has appeared in more than 50 films and television shows since 1974. He starred in ''Happy Days'' (1991), w ...
References
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1994 films
1990s Russian-language films
1994 drama films
Films directed by Semyon Aranovich
Silver Bear for outstanding artistic contribution
Russian drama films
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