Kochegar

Oct 13 2010 N/A 1h 27m
Crime, Drama

A shell-shocked Afghanistan war hero named Ivan Skryabin (Mikhail Skryabin) spends his days stoking the fire in a giant coal furnace. When he isn’t tending the flames, he keeps busy with other activities. He works on a historical novel. His adult daughter Sasha (Aida Tumutova) comes to visit. Local kids come to gaze at the flames. Gangsters, including a former Army sergeant (Aleksandr Mosin) and a sniper known as Bison (Yuri Matveyev), drop by to add special kindling to the fire.

Plot

The film, set in the mid 1990s outside of St. Petersburg, tells the story of an ethnic Yakut, Major Skryabin, a shell-shocked veteran of the Afghan-Soviet War, who works as a stoker.

Written by

Aleksey Balabanov

Directed by

Aleksey Balabanov

Cast

Mikhail Skryabin, Yuriy Matveev, Aleksandr Mosin

Crew

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Production Countries

Russia

Production Companies

CTB Film Company

Languages

Awards

6 wins & 9 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
3,082
Average Rating
6.6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA