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Plumbum, or The Dangerous Game

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Plumbum, or The Dangerous Game
Directed byVadim Abdrashitov
Written byAleksandr Mindadze
StarringAnton Androsov
Yelena Dmitriyeva
Elena Yakovleva
CinematographyGeorgy Rerberg
Edited byAleksandr Tolkachov
Music byVladimir Dashkevich
Release date
  • 1987 (1987)
Running time
97 min
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

Plumbum, or The Dangerous Game (Russian: Плюмбум, или опасная игра, "Plyumbum, ili Opasnaya igra") is a 1987 Soviet coming-of-age drama film directed by Vadim Abdrashitov.

The film was entered into the main competition at the 44th edition of the Venice Film Festival, where it received the President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal.[1]

Plot

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Fifteen year old gifted teenager Ruslan Chutko longs to do good and help the police to identify offenses under the pseudonym Plumbum (Latin for - Lead). Plumbum decides in a single provincial town to eradicate the evil. However, in his interest of being a fighter against evil he goes far beyond what is permitted in a children's play and ends up ruthlessly invading people's lives.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ British Film Institute. BFI Film and Television Yearbook. Concert Publications, 1988.
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