8 Movies Starring Andrey Merzlikin

Bummer

Bummer

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-08-02

Languages:

Russian

Countries:

Russia

Runtime:

110 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (3363 Reviews)

Director:

Pyotr Buslov

Genres:

CrimeDrama

Fullplot:

Corrupted cops, street gangs, "bratki" on "bummers" and "merins", angry truck drivers, beautiful women and death are what four friends on a black bummer who set up on mission from one region of Russia to another are about to face. Don't forget that the main four characters are far from angels themselves...

Heaven on Earth

Heaven on Earth

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-03-07

Languages:

Russian

Countries:

Russia

Runtime:

110 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (1695 Reviews)

Director:

Pyotr Buslov

Genres:

CrimeDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Pyotr Buslov

Kim Belov

Denis Rodimin

Ivan Vyrypaev

Fullplot:

The film takes place a few years after the events shown in Bummer (2003). Kostyan "Kot", who lost all his friends, the woman he loved and was nearly killed in the first installment of the film tries to begin a new, peaceful life. But is it possible to do? Has Russia changed and do "bratki" on black "bummers" no longer control business? Can he escape his past? That is what Kostyan is about to find in the second chapter of Pyotr Buslov's film.

The Russian Game

The Russian Game

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-10-04

Languages:

Russian

Countries:

Russia

Runtime:

95 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (197 Reviews)

Director:

Pavel Chukhray

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Pavel Chukhray

Nikolai Gogol (novel)

Fullplot:

Kacheli

Kacheli

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-02-14

Languages:

Russian

Countries:

Russia

Runtime:

84 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (249 Reviews)

Director:

Anton Sivers

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

Newsmakers

Newsmakers

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-05-07

Languages:

Russian

Countries:

Russia, Sweden

Runtime:

107 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (740 Reviews)

Director:

Anders Banke

Cast:

Writer:

Hing-Ka Chan (screenplay)

Sam Klebanov (screenplay)

Aleksandr Lungin (screenplay)

Tin-Shing Yip (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A gang of crooks robbing cash collectors, run into a police surveillance team and the inadequate police response results in a gunfight. A TV crew on assignment in the area happens to capture this humiliation on camera, and this example of police incompetence is soon the lead story in every news bulletin. Public confidence in law and order now suffers irreparable harm. The head of the Moscow force welcomes a public search-and-destroy operation against these thugs, the brainchild of Katya, his PR director. She proposes that the capture of this dangerous gang be transformed into a live TV show of a kind never seen before. At this point she cannot know that the gang leader's life-and-death struggle with the police is destined to lead to a media duel. Besieged in a huge apartment block, the crooks hold hostage a father and his son and daughter. A massive special forces rescue operation is mounted but fails miserably. Undaunted by this setback, Katya and her team of specialists manipulate the footage to create the illusion of victory. Incensed by this version of events broadcast on TV, gang leader Herman strikes back. Using the boy's computer he uploads to the Internet his own footage of this debacle and starts broadcasting from the apartment via a web camera. The first shots have now been fired in an information war, whose survivors and victors have yet to emerge.

The Brest Fortress

The Brest Fortress

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-11-04

Languages:

Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

Countries:

Belarus, Russia

Runtime:

138 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (5772 Reviews)

Director:

Aleksandr Kott

Cast:

Writer:

Aleksey Dudarev

Vladimir Eryomin

Ekaterina Tirdatova

Igor Ugolnikov (story)

Konstantin Vorobyov

Fullplot:

The film shows the heroic defense of the Brest Fortress, which had taken upon the first strike of German fascist invaders on June 22 1941. Story describes the events of the first days of the defense. The film tells about three main resistance zones, headed by the regiment commander, Pyotr Mikhailovich Gavrilov, the commissar Efim Moiseevich Fomin and the head of the 9th frontier outpost, Andrey Mitrofanovich Kizhevatov. Many years later veteran Alexander Akimov again and again recalls the memories of the time, when he, then a 15 year old Sasha Akimov was deeply in love with the beautiful Anya and suddenly found himself in the middle of the bloody events of war.

Strayed

Strayed

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-03-01

Languages:

Russian

Countries:

Kazakhstan

Runtime:

90 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.5 (143 Reviews)

Director:

Akan Satayev

Genres:

Thriller

Fullplot:

The main character, his wife and small son lose their way and become stuck on a country road. As a result, they have to spend the night in their car. The following morning, the main character awakens alone, his wife and son having mysteriously disappeared. His preliminary searches bring the hero to a small lonely house, in which an old man and a young woman live. It seems that these strange tenants know about him and his family but try to hide their knowledge. For what reason?

Short Stories

Short Stories

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-11-15

Languages:

Russian

Countries:

Russia

Runtime:

105 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (684 Reviews)

Director:

Mikhail Segal

Fullplot:

A young writer brings a collection of short stories to a big Moscow publishing house. The manuscript stays at the office and mysteriously influences the lives of anyone who opens it and reads at least one page. There are four stories in the manuscript, and four readers whose lives are changed after reading them. The situations range from realistic to absurd to thrilling to create a rich portrait of life in contemporary Russia and showcase the thoughts, feelings and ambitions of people who live there.

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