Snake Catcher
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{{Infobox film
| name = Snake Catcher
| native_name = {{langx|ru|Змеелов}}
| image =Snake Catcher.jpg
| caption =
| director = Vadim Derbenyov
| producer = Aleksandr Gurevich
| writer = Lazar Karelin
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| music = {{Plainlist|
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| cinematography = Mikhail Agranovich
| editing = R. Pesetskaya
| released = {{Film date|1985}}
| studio= Mosfilm
| runtime = 96 min.
| country = Soviet Union
| language = Russian
| budget =
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Snake Catcher ({{langx|ru|Змеелов|Zmeelov}}) is a 1985 Soviet drama film directed by Vadim Derbenyov.[http://severnoebutovomedia.ru/news/moskovskie-novosti/mesyats-dvukh-aktris-v-kinoteatrakh-seti-moskino-besplatno-pokazhut-filmy-s-tatyanoy-samoylovoy-i-lyu/ Месяц двух актрис: в кинотеатрах сети «Москино» бесплатно покажут фильмы с Татьяной Самойловой и Любовью Полищук][https://sviblovo.mos.ru/presscenter/news/detail/7027590.html В «Сатурне» на Снежной покажут советское кино о чести][https://www.vladtime.ru/culture/517454 Умер режиссер «Змеелова» и «На углу, у Патриарших» Вадим Дербенев]
Plot
The film tells about the former director of a large Moscow deli who ended up in a strict regime colony, and after leaving this began to fight criminals.[https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/45367/ Змеелов] // КиноПоиск
Cast
- Aleksandr Mikhaylov as Pavel Sergeevich Shorokhov
- Natalya Belokhvostikova as Lena
- Leonid Markov as Pyotr Vasilievich Kotov
- Donatas Banionis as Boris
- Lyubov Polishchuk as Vera
- Svetlana Kryuchkova as Zina
- Leonid Kuravlyov as Konstantin
- Galina Polskikh as Nina
- Valentina Titova as Tamara
- Viktor Shulgin as Anatoly Semyonovich[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090375/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm Snake Catcher (1985) Full Cast / Crew]
- Alexander Pyatkov as Stasik
- Igor Starygin as Boris's the guarantor
Awards
- Soviet Screen Award for Best Actor Year (Aleksandr Mikhaylov)[https://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/movie/sov/2510/annot/ Змеелов] // kino-teatr.ru
==Critical response==
Film critic Alexander Fedorov notes in his review:{{cite web |url=https://www.mediagram.ru/netcat_files/99/123/h_39e8ed53ca0d53a326e9f168923f69f2|title=Мини-кинорецензии разных лет
|language=ru|last=Fedorov|first=Alexander |publisher=mediagram.ru|date=1985}}
In phantasmagoric black-and-white dreams, ingeniously filmed by cinematographer Mikhail Agranovich, one can catch echoes of the director's former poetic metaphors, but otherwise Vadim Derbenev tries to keep within the framework of the traditional genre of crime drama. Tries... But comes out superficial and boring.
See also
References
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