''Lone Wolf'' () is a 1978 Soviet

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Roman Balayan Roman Gurgenovich Balayan (, ; born 15 April 1941, Nerkin Horatagh, Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, Soviet Union) is a Ukrainian-Armenian film director. In 1997 Balayan was awarded the title People’s Artist of Ukraine. Career Balayan wor ...

. It was a part of the Official Selection section at the

28th Berlin International Film Festival The 28th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 22 February to 5 March 1978. Director Wolf Donner successfully managed to shift the festival's date from June to February, a change which has remained ever since. This was the firs ...

. Ranks 75-80th in the list of 100 best films in the history of Ukrainian cinema. The premiere took place in August 1978. The film was released in a limited release 191 copies. The film was seen by 1.3 million viewers.

Plot

Peasant serf Thomas is entrusted with protecting the forest. Thomas has to catch serfs like himself, who come to the forest to hunt or cut wood without the permission of the master. Unsurprisingly the villagers do not like him and nickname him "Biryuk" for his surly and unsociable character. But in reality Thomas is a kind and conscientious man who lives with his young daughter Ulithi a simple life. Utterly devoted to the woods and trying to protect every tree, the main character is mistakenly killed by a gentleman's bullet, who came to the woods to shoot birds and wild boars.

Cast

* Mikhail Golubovich as Biryuk (Thomas) *

Oleg Tabakov Oleg Pavlovich Tabakov (; 17 August 1935 – 12 March 2018) was a Soviet and Russian actor and the Artistic Director of the Moscow Chekhov Art Theatre. People's Artist of the USSR (1988). Biography Tabakov was born in Saratov into a family of do ...

as Bersenev * Yelena Khrol (credited as Lena Khrol) as Ulita * Yury Dubrovin as first man * Alexey Zaytsev as second man * Irina Borisova as episode * Sergei Brzhestovskiy as episode * Anatoliy Mateshko as episode * Vladislav Misevich as episode * Silviya Sergeichikova as episode

References

External links

* 1978 films 1978 drama films Soviet drama films Russian-language drama films Films based on works by Ivan Turgenev Films directed by Roman Balayan 1970s Soviet films 1970s Russian-language films Dovzhenko Film Studios films {{1970s-drama-film-stub