The Guide
2001, Russian. Directed by Aleksandr Efremov.
Artem, an unlucky but cheerful student, is undeservedly imprisoned for 15 days. The situation is complicated by the fact that he has a friend, a Rottweiler named Boy, who has absolutely nowhere to go. And yet Artem manages to get him adopted - a charming stranger Sasha becomes the temporary mistress of Boy. Returning two weeks later to pick up the dog, Artem suddenly notices that Sasha is blind. He decides to leave the girl a guide dog and, unnoticed by her, to settle in her apartment....
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- Language
- Russian
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Cast & crew
- Aleksandr EfremovDirector
- Pyotr Yurchenkov Jr.Artem
- Valeriya ArlanovaSasha
- Dzhemal TetruashviliMisha - Artyom's chief and classmate
- Anatoly KotTolya, ophthalmologist
- Aleksandr KashperovKapitan miliciji
- Anatoliy KotenyovCast
- Viktor ManaevNikolay - Sasha's Husband
- Vera PolyakovaLena Kozyulik
- Oleg AkulichArthur, cellmate in pretrial detention center
- Anzhela KorablevaSasha's mom
Details
- Released
- 4 May 2001
- Original title
- Поводырь
- Country
- Belarus
- Written by
- Aleksandr Kachan, Aleksandr Efremov
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The Guide isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 4 May 2001. (Checked 3 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Guide?
The Guide (2001) was directed by Aleksandr Efremov and stars Pyotr Yurchenkov Jr., Valeriya Arlanova, Dzhemal Tetruashvili.