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Directed by | Roman Balayan |
Written by |
Rustam Ibragimbekov Roman Balayan |
Starring |
Oleg Yankovsky Yelena Safonova Aleksandr Vokach |
Cinematography | Bogdan Verzhbitsky Vasily Trushkovsky |
Edited by | Yelena Lukashenko |
Music by | Vadim Khrapachov |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
Country | Soviet Union |
Language | Russian |
Tracker (Russian: Филёр) is a Soviet feature film, a war drama directed by Roman Balayan. [1] The film was shot in 1987 in Kaluga. [2]
It's 1916, World War I, the premonition of the revolution. Vorobyov, a gymnasium teacher, retires from service in protest at the dismissal of revolutionary-minded teachers, although he does not share their views. He remains without means of subsistence – there is nothing to pay for a rented apartment, he has a sick child who needs to be treated in the Crimea. Vorobyov is looking for work, even the worst, just to pay money. The gendarmerie offers him to become a filer (spy, secret observer), cooperate with them and report all the unreliable people. Vorobyov faces a monstrous choice – or become a snitch, or remain an honest man without a livelihood. The impossibility of going out makes him commit suicide.