Sons of Bitches

Sons of Bitches (Russian: Сукины дети, translit. Sukiny deti) is a 1990 Soviet drama film directed by Leonid Filatov. It was entered into the 17th Moscow International Film Festival.[1]

Sons of Bitches
Directed byLeonid Filatov
Written byLeonid Filatov
StarringVladimir Ilyin
Larisa Udovichenko
Aleksandr Abdulov
Evgeni Evstigneev
Liya Akhedzhakova
Vladimir Samoilov
Music byVladimir Komarov
CinematographyPavel Lebeshev
Release date
  • 1990 (1990)
Running time
98 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

Plot

The plot of the film is based on real historical events in Taganka Theater, when its leader Yuri Lyubimov left the USSR (1984), and made a number of anti-Party statements, after which he was removed from the management of the theater and deprived of citizenship. Sons of bitches tells how the troupe has apprehended these events and the pressure the state put on them, and also shows events that have not happened – the actors' strike, the hunger strike, the threat of self-immolation. A functionary is sent to the theater from the Ministry – Yuri Mikhailovich, who is to restore order in the rebellious cultural institution. The story ends in tragedy – with the death of one of the protesters.

Cast
  • Vladimir Ilyin as Leva Busygin
  • Larisa Udovichenko as Tatyana, Busygin's wife
  • Aleksandr Abdulov as Igor Gordynsky
  • Evgeni Evstigneev as Andrey Ivanovich Nanaytsev
  • Liya Akhedzhakova as Ella Ernestovna, Nanaytsev's wife
  • Vladimir Samoilov as Pyotr Yegorovich, Theater's Director
  • Yelena Tsyplakova as Lidiya Nikolaevna Fedyaeva
  • Tatyana Kravchenko as Serafima Mikhailovna Korzukhina
  • Nina Shatskaya as Elena Konstantinovna Gvozdilova
  • Sergey Makovetskiy as Borya Sinyukhaev

References
  1. "17th Moscow International Film Festival (1991)". MIFF. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
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