
Feature film — 2010
The Stoker (2010)
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
Kochegar
Yuri Matveyev
Vassily 'Bizon'

Aleksandr Mosin
Sergeant - father of Masha

Aida Tumutova
Sasha, daughter Kochegar
Anna Korotayeva
Masha

Filipp Dyachkov

Vyacheslav Pavlyut
Fyodor Alekseevich

Vyacheslav Telnov
Andrei Sergeevich

Pyotr Semak
colonel, Vera's father

Irina Osnovina
cashier
Oleg Korytin
customer's driver
Oleg Yudin
