Sergei Koltakov Movies
- 2000
Vladimir Khotinenko directs this drama that edges drab realism with moments of sublime fantasy, including a talking raven with a passion for vodka and an aging actress who levitates above her balcony. The film centers on ex-actor Andrei Sokolov (played by screenwriter Sergei Koltakov), whose career was wrecked by his love for alcohol. Now working as an apartment fix-it man, he discovers an old address book and tries to enliven his bleak existence by calling old acquaintances. Most of the people he contacts, from his ex-wife who married a failed writer to an ex-dancer whose leg never recovered from an injury, are just as miserable as he is. This film was screened at the 2000 Berlin Film Festival. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Sergei Koltakov, Nina Usatova, (more)
- 1989
After his marriage with Lyuba (Yelena Safonova) breaks down, largely due to his all-night carousing away from the home, Boris (Sergei Koktakov) begins to search for an apartment of his own. Even now, this is a very difficult task. He locates an apartment for couples which is being inhabited by a lone old lady who is supposed to move into an old-age home. The old lady doesn't want to go, and tries to stave off the inevitable by taking in a young woman as a flat-mate. Boris rapes the girl, but despite this she eventually becomes friends with him, and eventually they become lovers, entitling them to rent the apartment together (without the old lady). ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Sergei Koltakov, Yelena Safonova, (more)
- 1981
Based on the last play written by Alexander Vampilov (1937-1972) titled "Last Summer in Chulimsk," the film focuses on events in the lives of its protagonists between sunrise and sunset, with the setting restricted mainly to the porch of the Siberian inn where many of the figures in the story are either staying or working. Valentina is an attractive waitress who is infatuated with an older, handsome police constable sharing his temporary room at the inn with the local female pharmacist. While she has her eyes on him, the acerbic innkeeper's wife (Inna Churikova, wife of the director Gleb Panfilov), is keeping her eye on her errant son who is bent on conquering Valentina's affections. Surrounding Valentina at the inn then, is a lascivious young man with no honorable intent, a police inspector who ignores her existence, a sharp boss in the way of the innkeeper's wife, and a meek innkeeper. Valentina's father himself would like to see his daughter married off to the local Party secretary. Each of these individuals is struggling with their own problems, but Valentina's personal choices seem the hardest since it looks like she is going to get what she does not want, and not get what she wants the most. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Rodion Nakhapetov, Inna Churikova, (more)
