''Sons of Bitches'' (, translit. Sukiny deti) is a 1990 Soviet comedy-

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

Leonid Filatov Leonid Alekseyevich Filatov ( rus, Леонид Алексеевич Филатов, p=lʲɪɐˈnʲit əlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ fʲɪˈlatəf, a=Lyeonid Alyeksyeyevich Filatov.ru.vorb.oga; 24 December 1946 – 26 October 2003) was a Soviet an ...

. It was entered into the 17th Moscow International Film Festival.

Plot

The plot of the film is based on real historical events in the Taganka Theater, when its leader

Yuri Lyubimov Yuri Petrovich Lyubimov (; 5 October 2014) was a Soviet and Russian stage actor and director associated with the internationally renowned Taganka Theatre, which he founded in 1964. He was one of the leading names in the Russian theatre world. ...

left the

USSR The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

(1984), and made a number of anti-Party statements, after which he was removed from the management of the theater and deprived of citizenship. ''Sons of bitches'' tells how the troupe has apprehended these events and the pressure the state put on them, and also shows events that have not happened – the actors' strike, the hunger strike, the threat of self-immolation. A functionary is sent to the theater from the Ministry – Yuri Mikhailovich, who is to restore order in the rebellious cultural institution. The story ends in tragedy – with the death of one of the protesters.

Cast

* Vladimir Ilyin as Leva Busygin * Larisa Udovichenko as Tatyana, Busygin's wife *

Aleksandr Abdulov Aleksandr Gavrilovich AbdulovАбдулов Г. Д.
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as Igor Gordynsky * Yevgeny Yevstigneyev as Andrey Ivanovich Nanaytsev * Liya Akhedzhakova as Ella Ernestovna, Nanaytsev's wife * Vladimir Samoilov as Pyotr Yegorovich, Theater's Director * Yelena Tsyplakova as Lidiya Nikolaevna Fedyaeva *

Tatyana Kravchenko Tatyana Eduardovna Kravchenko (; born 9 December 1953, Donetsk Ukrainian SSR, USSR) is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress, People's Artist of Russia (2002).

as Serafima Mikhailovna Korzukhina * Nina Shatskaya as Elena Konstantinovna Gvozdilova * Sergey Makovetskiy as Borya Sinyukhaev * Mariya Zubareva as Ninochka * Galina Petrova as Tyunina *

Stanislav Govorukhin Stanislav Sergeyevich Govorukhin (; 29 March 1936 – 14 June 2018) was a Soviet Union, Soviet and Russians, Russian film director, actor, screenwriter, producer and politician. He was named People's Artist of Russia in 2006. His movies often fe ...

as Sergey Sergeevich Popov, writer * Lyudmila Zaytseva as Anna Kuzminichna *

as Yuri Mikhailovich

Production

At first, Larisa Udovichenko refused to play the scene where she undresses totally nude in front of the official, played by director

himself, and in the episode of seduction she starred partially dressed (photos were left from the filming). But then, as Larisa Udovichenko recalled, "Leonid came to me with his wife Nina Shatskaya and on his knees begged me to be naked. Otherwise, the shock that his hero should experience does not work". Filatov promised that everything will be filmed delicately. "Leonid did not deceive me: there was no vulgarity. But all the same, I felt bad after that, I was ashamed in front of my parents, daughter, close friends", Udovichenko said.

References

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* 1990 films 1990 comedy-drama films 1990 directorial debut films 1990s Russian films 1990s Russian-language films Soviet comedy-drama films Russian-language comedy-drama films Films based on actual events {{1990s-USSR-film-stub Mosfilm films Films about theatre Films about actors