The Thief (1997) - film by Pavel Chukhraj.

The Thief (1997) (English subtitles).

The Thief is a 1997 film written and directed by Pavel Chukhrai. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and won the Nika Award for Best Picture and Best Directing. Also winner of the International Youth Jury's prize, the President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal, and the UNICEF Award at the 1997 Venice Film Festival.
The film is about a young woman, Katya and her son Sanya who in 1946 meet a veteran Soviet soldier named Tolyan. Katya falls in love with Tolyan, who turns out to be a thief, but who also becomes a father figure to Sanya.

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Crew:
Director: Pavel Chukhraj
Writer: Pavel Chukhraj

Cast:
Vladimir Mashkov as Tolyan
Yekaterina Rednikova as Katya
Misha Philipchuk as Sanya
Amaliya Mordvinova as Doctor's Wife
Lidiya Savchenko as Baba Tanya
Anna Shtukaturova as Gammy Girl
Olga Pashkova as Actress
Anatoli Koshcheyev as Bootmaker
Lyudmila Selyanskaya as Alcoholic
Viktor Bunakov as Engineer
Natalya Pozdnyakova as Accountant's Wife
Yevgeni Popov as Vagrant
Yuliya Artamonova as Engineer's Wife
Yuri Belyayev as Sanya - 48 Years Old
Dmitri Chigaryov as Sanya - 12 Years Old

© NTV-PROPHIT, 1997
© Roissy Films
Productions Le Pont, 1997
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