The Guardian
1971, Russian. Directed by Albert Mkrtchyan & Edgar Khodzhikyan.
A young and lazy man becomes a guardian of an old lady.
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Albert MkrtchyanDirector
- Edgar KhodzhikyanDirector
- Aleksandr ZbruevМиша Короедов
- Georgiy VitsinТебеньков, алкоголик и тунеядец
- Klara LuchkoЛюбовь Петровна
- Irina MurzayevaАнтонина Ивановна Прокопчук
- Konstantin SorokinМитрий Прокопыч Самородов
- Muza KrepkogorskayaТата
- German KachinКостя
- Emmanuil Gellerпассажир с чемоданом и скрипкой
- Yevgeni TeterinКирилл Иванович
- Valentin GrachyovСаша
- Igor Kuznetsovhooligan
- Anna Pavlovaсоседка Самородова
Details
- Released
- 21 June 1971
- Original title
- Опекун
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Samuil Shatrov
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Who directed The Guardian?
The Guardian (1971) was directed by Albert Mkrtchyan and Edgar Khodzhikyan and stars Aleksandr Zbruev, Georgiy Vitsin, Klara Luchko.