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Dovlatov

Dovlatov charts six days in the life of a brilliant, ironic writer who saw far beyond the rigid limits of 70s Soviet Russia. Sergei Dovlatov fought to preserve his own talent and decency with poet and writer Joseph Brodsky, while watching his artist friends got crushed by the iron-willed state machinery.

2h 6m2018TMDb 5.9

Drama

Russian

Crew and Cast

Aleksei German Jr.Aleksei German Jr.DirectorMilan MarićMilan MarićSergei DovlatovDanila KozlovskyDanila KozlovskyDavidHelena SujeckaHelena SujeckaElena DovlatovaEva GerrEva GerrKatya DovlatovaArthur BeschastnyArthur BeschastnyIosif BrodskiyAnton ShaginAnton ShaginAnton KuznetsovSvetlana KhodchenkovaSvetlana KhodchenkovaActress · Dovlatov's friendElena LyadovaElena LyadovaYoung editorIgor MityushkinIgor MityushkinSholom Shvarts · artistPiotr GąsowskiPiotr GąsowskiSemyon AleksandrovichTamara OganesyanTamara OganesyanNora Dovlatova · Sergei Dovlatov motherAnna EkaterininskayaAnna EkaterininskayaDeputy director of the plantSergei TolstovSergei TolstovFactory Newspaper EditorHanna ŚleszyńskaHanna ŚleszyńskaEditor of Literary MagazineMaria JärvenhelmiMaria JärvenhelmiFinnish tourist
Grigoriy DantsigerDovlatov's friendAlexandra CherkasovaAlexandra CherkasovaGuest at Semen's dachaIgor KorovinIgor KorovinDovlatov friend
Lev Bunin
Arevik GevorgyanArmenian girlAleksander AnriaAleksander AnriaFinnish writer
Denis ShlenkovNikolay ShatokhinNikolay ShatokhinIgnat AkrachkovIgnat AkrachkovPavel LevkinPavel LevkinPolina DudkinaPolina DudkinaValentin SamokhinValentin SamokhinPolina SidikhinaPolina SidikhinaGrigoriy PerelGrigoriy PerelPushkinPavel SergienkoPavel SergienkoDostoevsky

Storyline

Dovlatov charts six days in the life of a brilliant, ironic writer who saw far beyond the rigid limits of 70s Soviet Russia. Sergei Dovlatov fought to preserve his own talent and decency with poet and writer Joseph Brodsky, while watching his artist friends got crushed by the iron-willed state machinery.

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Info

Original title
Довлатов
Status
Released
Released
27 February 2018
Runtime
2h 6m
TMDB score
5.9 / 10 (54 votes)

Production

Director
Aleksei German Jr.
Writers
Yuliya Tupikina, Aleksei German Jr.
Studios
MetraFilms, Art and Pop Corn, Message Film
Countries
Poland, Russia, Serbia

Languages

Original
Russian
Spoken
Finnish, Russian, Spanish