Firestarters
1988, Russian. Directed by Aleksandr Surin.
After setting fire to the penal isolator of the ITU, Sasha escapes and gets to Turkmenistan, where her grandmother works as a geologist at one of the polustants - the only and last hope for understanding and sympathy. But the grandmother, fearing grave consequences, intends to return her granddaughter to the hands of justice ...
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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Cast & crew
- Aleksandr SurinDirector
- Natalya FedosovaSasha Shvets
- Olga KozlovaHalka Petrova
- Yelena SidorukPimple
- Yelena KryuchkovaIrka "Tsarevich Alexei"
- Mykola OliinykSvishchov
- Tatyana AgafonovaFrench Teacher
- Valentin PechnikovMal-Mal-Scarecrow
- Lyudmila AntonyukAntonina Maksymivna
- Vitali VarganovZhiguli Owner
- Andrey AndreevCast
Details
- Released
- 12 May 1988
- Original title
- Поджигатели
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Alla Krinitsyna
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Firestarters runs 112 minutes (1h 52m).
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Which OTT platform is Firestarters on?
Firestarters isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 12 May 1988. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
What movies are like Firestarters?
If you liked Firestarters, try The Young One, Hounddog, Salomé.
Who directed Firestarters?
Firestarters (1988) was directed by Aleksandr Surin and stars Natalya Fedosova, Olga Kozlova, Yelena Sidoruk.