Khroustaliov, My Car!
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Alexei Gherman
Nina Rouslanova
Youri Yarvet
A Bachirov
Mikhail Dementyev
Yury Tsurilo
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Youri Glinski is a head surgeon and a brain specialist in a Moscow hospital. He is also a General in the Red Army and father of a large family. His time is shared between the hospital, his home, and his extra marital affairs. Each one of these occupations is accompanied by a strong inclination for alcohol. Early in 1953, on Stalin's initiative, everything starts to topple over when the KGB set up the "White Coats" conspiracy, which drags the General (by using someone who looks like him) into a dark story tainted by anti-semitism. Obliged to flee, he is caught and sent to a gulag and tortured. During Stalin's last days, Youri is freed and asked his medical knowledge to help save Stalin. Ten years later, having fled Moscow and his family, we find him on a train crossing Russia, as the leader of a gang which sells anything and everything.
Director
Alexei Gherman
Cast
Nina Rouslanova
Youri Yarvet
A Bachirov
Mikhail Dementyev
Yury Tsurilo
Crew
N Astrakhov
E Chapkaits
Alexei Gherman
Alexander Goloutva
Irina Gorokhovskaya
M Guerassimov
Vladimir Ilyin
Svetlana Karmalita
G Kropatchiov
B Lecuyer
Armen Medvedev
Andrei Petrov
Guy Seligmann
V Svetozarov
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Shown at Cannes Film Festival (in competition) May 13-24, 1998.
Shown at New York Festival of Russian Films (Anthology Film Archives and the DGA Theater) December 10-12, 1999.
Shown at New York Film Festival September 25 - October 11, 1998.
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Critics' Choice) January 24 - February 4, 2001.
Released in United States 1998 (Shown at New York Film Festival September 25 - October 11, 1998.)
Winner of the 2000 Nika Awards (Russia's equivalent of the Oscar) for Best Film, Best Director, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design and Best Cinematography.
Released in United States 1998
Released in United States 2001
Released in United States December 1999
Released in United States May 1998
Released in United States May 1998 (Shown at Cannes Film Festival (in competition) May 13-24, 1998.)
Released in United States December 1999 (Shown at New York Festival of Russian Films (Anthology Film Archives and the DGA Theater) December 10-12, 1999.)
Released in United States 2001 (Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Critics' Choice) January 24 - February 4, 2001.)
