The Heritage of Love

The Heritage of Love
Film poster
Directed by	Yuriy Vasilev
Written by	Nataliya Doroshkevich Olga Pogodina-Kuzmina
Starring	Dima Bilan Svetlana Ivanova Aleksandr Adabashyan Aleksandr Baluev Marat Basharov Aleksandr Golovin Jurgita Jurkute Tatyana Lyutaeva Viktor Nemets Lilita Ozolina Yulia Peresild
Edited by	Ramunas Greychius
Music by	Eduard Artemyev
Production companies	Fond Kino Mosfilm
Distributed by	Cultural Solidarity Media
Release date	31 March 2016 (2016-03-31)
Running time	86 minutes
Country	Russia
Language	Russian

The Heritage of Love (Russian: Герой, Geroy, "Hero") is a Russian drama film inspired by a true story. It is set against the Russian Revolution and subsequent onset of civil war, as well as contemporary Paris. The film is directed by Yuriy Vasilev and written by Natalia Doroshkevich and Olga Pogodina-Kuzmina. The film stars Dima Bilan (in his first film role), Svetlana Ivanova, Aleksandr Adabashyan, Aleksandr Baluev, and Marat Basharov.

Plot

The film is set in 2016. Andrey Kulikov is a young machinist who is goes to Paris to visit an old lady and to buy the oldest Russian-made car, the Russo-Balt. While walking through Paris, Andrey sees a woman, Vera, and so begins the telling of two love stories, separated by three generations and one hundred years.

Later, when Andrey visits a cemetery he finds the grave of a young lady similar to the one he just met in Paris.

During his search to the past it becomes clear that Vera's and Andrey's fates are connected. His great-grandfather, Andrey Dolmatov, had been an officer in the White Army during the Russian Revolution and felt in love with Duchess Vera Chernisheva in the last days of the Russian Empire and in the Russian civil war.

Cast

• Dima Bilan – Andrey Kulikov / Officer and Nobleman Andrey Dolmatov
• Svetlana Ivanova – Duchess Vera Chernisheva / Vera Yezerskaya
• Aleksandr Adabashyan – Lev Chij
• Aleksandr Baluev – Tereshchenko
• Marat Basharov – Baron Ivan Karlovich von Liven
• Aleksandr Golovin – Repnin
• Jurgita Jurkute – Irina Chernisheva
• Tatyana Lyutaeva – Duchess Chernisheva
• Viktor Nemets – Yefim
• Lilita Ozolina – Yelizaveta Yezerskaya von liven
• Yulia Peresild – Masha Kulikova
• Aleksandr Vasilev
• Vladislav Vetrov – The Ducks
• Petar Zekavica – Mikhailenko
• Mikolas Vildjunas – General Kornilov
• Yuri Vasilev – The priest

Production

Music

The musical score was composed by Eduard Artemyev, who has previously collaborated with Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov on numerous movies (At Home Among Strangers, An Unfinished Piece for a Player Piano, Burnt by the Sun, The Barber of Siberia, Sunstroke).

See also

• The Admiral

External links

• The Heritage of Love at IMDb
• Official website
• The Heritage of Love at culturalsolidaritymedia.com