Still Waters ( is 2000 Russian romantic comedy-drama directed by

Eldar Ryazanov Eldar Aleksandrovich Ryazanov (; 18 November 1927 – 30 November 2015) was a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, poet, actor and pedagogue whose popular comedies, satirizing the daily life of the Soviet Union and Russia, are celebrat ...

Plot

Anton M. Kashtanov ( Alexander Abdulov) is a talented surgeon and head of a large clinic. He decides to escape his domineering and bad-tempered wife Pauline in the village of Still Waters. Here he reconnects with his childhood friend, the head of the local nature reserve. This pastoral idyll is unsettled by one matter: at the time of Kashtanov's departure two million dollars have disappeared from his foundation. Two strong women launch independent investigations: a police detective and a TV reporter...

Cast

* Alexander Abdulov - academician Anton M. Kashtanov * Oksana Korostishevskaya - journalist Eugenie Tobolskaya (Jackie) *

Lyubov Polishchuk Lyubov Grigoryevna Polishchuk (; 21 May 1949 – 28 November 2006) was a popular Russian actress. She was born in the Siberian city of Omsk. After school she decided to become an actress and moved to Moscow. She made her debut in cinema in 197 ...

- Pauline, Kashtanov's wife * Jan Tsapnik - Vlad, the operator *

Olga Volkova Olga Volkova may refer to: * Olha Volkova (born 1986), Ukrainian freestyle skier * Olga Volkova (actress) (born 1939), Russian actress {{Hndis, Volkova, Olga ...

- Varvara Petrovna Muromova, police detective *

Andrey Makarevich Andrey Vadimovich Makarevich (; born 11 December 1953) is an Israeli and Soviet-Russian rock musician and the founder of Russia's oldest still active rock band Mashina Vremeni (Time Machine). Personal life Makarevich was born in Moscow to m ...

- forester *

Andrey Smolyakov Andrey Igorevich Smolyakov (; born 24 November 1958) is a Soviet and Russian actor and director. He is known for '' Vysotskiy. Spasibo, chto zhivoy'' (2011), ''Stalingrad'', and '' Forbidden Empire''. Life Smolyakov was born in Podolsk, Moscow O ...

- Ivan Pavlovich, Kashtanov's assistant * Michael Dorozhkin - Nikita, Kashtanov's son from his first marriage * Anatoly Lobotsky - Alexey Yozhikov, businessman *

Marat Basharov Marat Alimzhanovich Basharov (, , born 22 August 1974) is a Soviet and Russian film actor and a TV host, of Volga Tatar origin. Honored Artist of the Republic of Tatarstan (2012), laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation (2002). He ...

- traffic cop *

Alexander Pashutin Alexander () is a male name of Greek origin. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are A ...

- hotel employee *

Alexander Nevsky Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky (; ; monastic name: ''Aleksiy''; 13 May 1221 – 14 November 1263) was Prince of Novgorod (1236–1240; 1241–1256; 1258–1259), Grand Prince of Kiev (1249–1263), and Grand Prince of Vladimir (1252–1263). ...

- bodyguard *

Olga Pogodina Olga Stanislavovna Pogodina (; born 21 September 1976) is a Russian actress known for her work on several dozens of Russian TV series and movie pictures (including Russian-Italian films). She is also a film producer, screenwriter and show host. ...

- girl smoking on balcony * Olga Chekov - radiologist assistant *

- radiologist (Ryazanov was also the film's director)

Facts

*Eldar Ryazanov said that the character of Kashtanov was modeled after

Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; ; 29 January 1860 – 15 July 1904) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer, widely considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his b ...

. *The film was banned in Ukraine because Jan Tsapnik was declared as a danger to the country.

References

External links

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''The romantic comedy "Still Waters"'' at Exler film reviews
2000 romantic comedy-drama films 2000 films Films directed by Eldar Ryazanov Russian romantic comedy-drama films 2000s Russian-language films Films scored by Mikael Tariverdiev {{2000s-Russia-film-stub