Fathers
1989, Russian. Directed by Arkadiy Sirenko.
Second half of the 1960s. Novikov, an employee of the apparatus, is a charming and successful functionary, married to the daughter of a former party leader. His life is a success — he has a status, a family, two children, as well as a young mistress — student Tanya, for whom he will never divorce... During the conflict at a youth construction site in Siberia, which he must repay, Novikov shows himself as an experienced dodger and a provocateur. Tanya's father, a war veteran and an honest worker, Ivan Dronov considers himself entitled to punish this scoundrel...
- Runtime
- 2h 14m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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Cast & crew
- Arkadiy SirenkoDirector
- Boris ShcherbakovNovikov
- Oleg BorisovDronov
- Galina BulgakovaTanya
- Irina RozanovaLarisa
- Yevgeny Matveyevfather-in-law
- Eduard BocharovKozlov
- Sergey Garmashtaxi driver
- Aleksandr FeklistovAnatoliy
- Natalya PopovaDronova
- Nikolay Lavrovchief
- Marianna Strizhenovamother-in-law
- Vladimir OsipchukSafonov
Details
- Released
- 11 April 1989
- Original title
- Отцы
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Evgeniy Grigorev
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Fathers runs 134 minutes (2h 14m).
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Fathers isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 11 April 1989. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
What movies are like Fathers?
If you liked Fathers, try The Secrets We Keep, The Visit, 180.
Who directed Fathers?
Fathers (1989) was directed by Arkadiy Sirenko and stars Boris Shcherbakov, Oleg Borisov, Galina Bulgakova.