Zina-Zinulya

1986 1h 28m RU

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7.6

BANGER

★7.6TMDB · 4

Drama

Synopsis

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Being such an amazingly honest, straightforward person like Zina unfortunately means making your life very difficult. But what can you do—it's her nature! Faced with fraud at work, the film's heroine tries with all her might to defend the truth. The culprit decides to take revenge on her...

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Evgeniya Glushenko
Zinaida Koptyaeva
Viktor Pavlov
Petrenko
Vladimir Gostyukhin
Viktor Nikolaevich
Aleksandr Zbruev
Fedor Ivanovich Kuzmin
Tatyana Agafonova
Valya Nikitina
Elena Mayorova
Nina
Svetlana Tormakhova
Klava
Yevgeni Shutov
Sergey Sergeevich

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Pavel Chukhray
Writers: Aleksandr Gelman
Languages: Russian
Countries: Soviet Union

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RUNTIME

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88 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 7

ERA

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40 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Pavel Chukhray, shot by Nikolay Nemolyaev. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Mark Minkov. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Evgeniya Glushenko and Viktor Pavlov and Vladimir Gostyukhin carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0131147 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Pavel Chukhray directs. Nikolay Nemolyaev behind the camera. Mark Minkov scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Soviet Union. Dialogue in Russian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

188 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
240 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Directed by Pavel Chukhray, shot by Nikolay Nemolyaev. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Mark Minkov. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Evgeniya Glushenko and Viktor Pavlov and Vladimir Gostyukhin carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0131147 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.