Tracker (1987 film)

Tracker (Russian: Филёр) is a Soviet feature film, a war drama directed by Roman Balayan. The film was shot in 1987 in Kaluga.

Tracker
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
Production company	Dovzhenko Film Studios
Release date	1987 (1987)
Running time	83 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Plot

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.

Cast

• Oleg Yankovsky as Pyotr Vorobyov
• Yelena Safonova as Nastya, Vorobyov's wife
• Aleksandr Vokach as Head of the Gendarme Department
• Oleksiy Gorbunov as Lavrentiev, gendarme lieutenant
• Aleksandr Zbruyev as Yakov Pyatkin
• Olga Ostroumova as Nina
• Filipp Yankovsky as episode
• Aleksandr Abdulov as Vanya
• Bohdan Beniuk as Janitor
• Igor Gnevashev as episode

Awards

• 1988 – Prize to Oleg Yankovsky for the best performance of the male role at the Seminci (Spain)

External links

• Tracker at IMDb