Sons of Bitches

Sons of Bitches
Directed by	Leonid Filatov
Written by	Leonid Filatov
Starring	Vladimir Ilyin Larisa Udovichenko Aleksandr Abdulov Evgeni Evstigneev Liya Akhedzhakova, Vladimir Samoilov
Cinematography	Pavel Lebeshev
Music by	Vladimir Komarov
Release date	1990 (1990)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Sons of Bitches (Russian: Сукины дети, translit. Sukiny deti) is a 1990 Soviet drama film directed by Leonid Filatov. It was entered into the 17th Moscow International Film Festival.

Plot

The plot of the film is based on real historical situation in Taganka Theater, when its leader Yuri Lyubimov left the USSR (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 on them, the state, and also shows the events that have not happened – strike actors strike, the threat of self-immolation. The House sent a functionary from the Ministry – Yuri Mikhailovich, which is to restore order in the rebellious cultural institution. The story ends in tragedy – the death of one of the protesters.

Cast

• Vladimir Ilyin as Leva Busygin
• Larisa Udovichenko as Tatyana, Busygin's wife
• Aleksandr Abdulov as Igor Gordynsky
• Evgeni Evstigneev as Andrey Ivanovich Nanaytsev
• Liya Akhedzhakova as Ella Ernestovna, Nanaytsev's wife
• Vladimir Samoilov as Petr Yegorovich, Theater's Director
• Yelena Tsyplakova as Lidiya Nikolaevna Fedyaeva
• Tatyana Kravchenko as Serafima Mikhailovna Korzukhina
• Nina Shatskaya as Elena Konstantinovna Gvozdilova
• Sergey Makovetskiy as Borya Sinyukhaev

External links

• Sons of Bitches at IMDb