The Frenchman

2h 8m

History Drama

6.1

In 1957 French student Pierre Durand comes to Moscow to do an internship at Moscow State University. Here he meets ballerina Kira Galkina and photographer Valera Uspenskiy. With them he discovers the cultural side of Moscow — not just the traditional one, but the underground one as well. During his year in Russia’s capital Pierre lives an entirely different life than what he’s used to. But the internship and the experience of the Soviet people’s way of life are not the only things Pierre is after. He’s searching for his father, White officer Tatishchev, who was arrested in the 1930s.

Cast

Anton Rival

Pierre

Evguenya Obraztsova

Kira

Evgeniy Tkachuk

Uspenskiy

Aleksandr Baluev

Tatishchev

Nina Drobysheva

Olga Kirillovna

Natalya Tenyakova

Mariya Kirillovna

Roman Madyanov

Chukhnovskiy

Mikhail Efremov

Uspenskiy's father

Lucie Aron

Nicole

Jérémie Duvall

Jean-Marie

Vera Lashkova

Anna Fyodorovna

Valentina Mazunina

woman, meeting Pierre at the airport

Alena Oskina

Chukhnovskiy's wife

Mariya Berdinskikh

Chukhnovskiy's daughter

Yelena Ryabinkina

choreographer

Vladimir Zaytsev

Vasiliy

Yelena Voronchikhina

commandant of the dorm

Oleg Novikov

Krivoruchko

Ekaterina Ageeva

Tamara

Darya Konyzheva

girl at a house party

Varvara Shmykova

girl at a house party

Sergey Umanov

KGB's curator

Alexander Zamuraev

alcoholic in ushanka

Artyom Gaydukov

district militia officer

Evgeny Kharitonov

Oskar

Sergey Afanasyev

Volodya

Liliya Bagirova

Volodya's wife

Anastasiya Pitel

Oskar's girlfriend

Semen Shteinberg

Zabolotskiy

Igor Voynarovskiy

Samoshkin

Anastasiya Shcheglova

Samoshkin's wife

Yuliya Grishayeva

Alina

Anna Viller

Marusya

Aleksei Smirnov

Viktor

Ilya Miroshnikov

George

Marina Barsukova

Zhanna

Kseniya Pokrovskaya

Sveta

Vladimir Lukyanchikov

security guard

Alla Malkova

woman at the bread factory

Yuliya Abramova

Obrezkovs neighbour

Aleksandr Anisimov

Ustyugov

Marina Kondratyeva

ballet teacher-tutor

Crew

Andrey Smirnov

Director, Screenplay, Producer

Alla Strelnikova

Editor

Yuriy Shaygardanov

Director of Photography

Elena Gorbunova

Executive Producer

Elena Prudnikova

Producer

Valery Todorovsky

Producer

Vladimir Gudilin

Production Design

Sergei Snyatovskiy

Camera Operator

Lyudmila Gaintseva

Costume Design

Elena Dmitrienko

Makeup Artist

Oleg Tatarinov

Sound

Sergey Lukashevich

Set Decoration

Pavel Chepikov

Assistant Set Decoration

Ekaterina Kharnas

Assistant Set Decoration

Daryana Gizatulina

Assistant Production Design

Yuliya Makushina

Assistant Production Design