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Feature film — 2010

The Stoker (2010)

6.11h 23mDrama — Crime

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.

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A high-signal pick with 76 votes.

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Director: Aleksei Balabanov

On screen

Cast & crew

Mikhail Skryabin as Kochegar

Mikhail Skryabin

Kochegar

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Yuri Matveyev

Vassily 'Bizon'

Aleksandr Mosin as Sergeant - father of Masha

Aleksandr Mosin

Sergeant - father of Masha

Aida Tumutova as Sasha, daughter Kochegar

Aida Tumutova

Sasha, daughter Kochegar

A

Anna Korotayeva

Masha

Filipp Dyachkov as

Filipp Dyachkov

Vyacheslav Pavlyut as Fyodor Alekseevich

Vyacheslav Pavlyut

Fyodor Alekseevich

Vyacheslav Telnov as Andrei Sergeevich

Vyacheslav Telnov

Andrei Sergeevich

Pyotr Semak as colonel, Vera's father

Pyotr Semak

colonel, Vera's father

Irina Osnovina as cashier

Irina Osnovina

cashier

O

Oleg Korytin

customer's driver

O

Oleg Yudin