The Guard
Directed byAleksandr Rogozhkin
Written byIvan Loshchilin
StarringAleksey Buldakov
CinematographyValeri Martynov
Edited byTamara Denisova
Production
company
Release date
  • February 1990 (1990-02)
Running time
96 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

The Guard (Russian: Караул, romanized: Karaul) is a 1990 Soviet drama film directed by Aleksandr Rogozhkin. It was entered into the 40th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Alfred Bauer Prize.[1] The film is shot entirely in sepia.

Plot

The film is based on the real story of a Soviet Internal Troops soldier who killed his entire unit (the karaul) as a result of Dedovschina (hazing). The plot unfolds mostly on board of the prisoner transport rail car guarded by a unit of paramilitary conscripts.

Cast

  • Aleksey Buldakov as Paromov
  • Sergei Kupriyanov as Andrej Iveren
  • Aleksei Poluyan as Nikolai Mazur
  • Aleksandr Smirnov as Private Khaustov
  • Taras Denisenko as Boris Korchenuk
  • Vasili Domrachyov as Private Nishchenkin
  • Andrei Zertsalov as (as A. Zertsalov)
  • Renat Ibragimov as Ibragimov
  • Dmitri Iosifov as Alexey Zhokhin
  • Valeri Kravchenko
  • Aleksey Zaytsev

References

  1. "Berlinale: 1990 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 19 March 2011.


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