Who If Not Us (russian: Кто, если не мы, Kto, esli ne my) is a Russian

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Valeriy Priyomykhov Valeriy Mikhaylovich Priyomykhov (russian: Валерий Михайлович Приёмыхов; 27 December 1943 25 August 2000) was a Soviet and Russian actor, film director, screenwriter and author. Awards *Winner of USSR State Prize: ** ...

. Filming began in 1993, but due to lack of funding the film didn't appear on the screen for 5 years.Портал культурного наследия и традиций России
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Plot

Dreaming to get rich, teenagers Snakes and Tolya plunder the city's department store and as a result one find themselves in a colony, another in a lycee, which differs little from a colony. Having learned truly what solitude is, Snake accidentally gets acquainted with Gennady, an old man just like him, alone and difficult, dismissed from the police.

Cast

*Yevgeny Krainov as Snakes *

Artur Smolyaninov Artur Sergeevich Smolyaninov (russian: Арту́р Серге́евич Смольяни́нов, born 27 October 1983) is a Russian actor of theater, He is known for playing the role of Oleg Lutaev in ''The 9th Company''. Biography Artur Serge ...

as Tolya *

as Gennady Samokhin *

Lyanka Gryu Lyanka Georgievna Gryu (russian: Ля́нка Гео́ргиевна Гры́у, ro, Leanca Gheorghievna Grâu; born 22 November 1987) is a Russian theater and film actress. Biography Lyanka Gryu was born in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union ...

as Irochka *

Tatyana Dogileva Tatyana Anatoliyevna Dogileva (russian: Татья́на Анато́льевна До́гилева; born 27 February 1957) is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress, Meritorious Artist of Russia (1989), and People's Artist of Russia (2000) ...

as head of parent committee *

Albert Filozov Albert Leonidovich Filozov (russian: Альбepт Лeoнидoвич Филозoв; 25 June 1937 – 11 April 2016) was a Soviet and Russian actor. He was a People's Artist of Russia.Yekaterina Vasilyeva Yekaterina Sergeyevna Vasilyeva (russian: Екатерина Серге́евна Васильева; born 15 August 1945 in Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress. She performed in more than ninety films since 1967. Vasilyeva ...

as mother at the parents' meeting * Aleksei Panin as policeman *

Nikolai Chindyajkin Nikolai Dmitrievich Chindyajkin (russian: Николай Дмитриевич Чиндяйкин) is a Russian actor and theatre director. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1985), People's Artist of Russia (2013).Ivan Okhlobystin Ivan Ivanovich Okhlobystin (russian: Ива́н Ива́нович Охлобы́стин; born 22 July 1966) is a Russian actor, director, screenwriter, and former Orthodox priest. He is currently defrocked by the ministry of the Russian Ort ...

as pathologist *

Nadezhda Markina Nadezhda Konstantinovna Markina (russian: Наде́жда Константиновна Маркина; born 29 January 1959) is a Soviet and Russian actress. She was nominated for the Best Performance by an Actress at the European Film Awards, t ...

as Tolya's mother * Oleg Marusev as head teacher *

Tatyana Kravchenko Tatyana Eduardovna Kravchenko (russian: Татья́на Эдуа́рдовна Кра́вченко; born 9 December 1953, Stalino (since 1961 — Donetsk), Ukrainian SSR, USSR) is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress, People's Artist of Ru ...

as Samokhin's girlfriend

Awards and nominations

Taormina Film Fest Taormina Film Fest (TFF) is a film festival that began in 1955 under the name Rassegna Cinematografica Internazionale di Messina e Taormina. The exhibition, which moved permanently to Taormina in 1971, has hosted over the years many stars of inter ...

: Special Jury Prize (Valeriy Priyomykhov) — win *

Kinotavr Kinotavr (russian: Кинотавр), also known as the Sochi Open Russian Film Festival is an open film festival held in the resort city of Sochi, Russia annually in June since 1991, until it was cancelled in the wake of the 2022 Russian invasio ...

: Full-Length Film — nom; Prize of Presidential Council (Valeriy Priemykhov)Кто, если не мы — награды и кинопремии
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Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival ( fi, Oulun kansainvälinen lasten- ja nuortenelokuvien festivaali) is an annual children's film festival held in November in Oulu, Finland. The festival has been founded in 1982 by the Oulu Fil ...

: Starboy Award (Valeriy Priyomykhov) — nom *

Nika Award The Nika Award (sometimes styled NIKA Award) is the main annual national film award in Russia, presented by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science, and seen as the national equivalent of the Oscars. History The award was established i ...

: Best Screenplay (Valeriy Priyomykhov) — win; Best Director (Valeriy Priyomykhov), Best Actor (Valeriy Priyomykhov) — nom * Artek Film Festival: Young Artist Awards (Artur Smolyaninov) — win

References

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