Major Grom: Plague Doctor

"Who is your hero?"

2021 2h 16m RU

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6.6

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★6.6TMDB · 671

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Synopsis

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In present day St. Petersburg, police major Igor Grom, an honest and skilled cop with unconventional methods, pursues a vigilante murderer in the mask of a plague doctor.

“Who is your hero?”

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Cast

Tikhon Zhiznevsky
Igor Grom
Lyubov Aksyonova
Yuliya Pchelkina
Aleksey Maklakov
Inspector Fyodor Prokopenko
Aleksandr Seteykin
Dima Dubin
Sergey Goroshko
Sergey Razumovsky
Dmitry Chebotarev
Oleg Volkov
Mikhail Evlanov
Evgeny Strelkov
Oleg Chugunov
Alexey Makarov

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Oleg Trofim
Writers: Artem Gabrelyanov, Vladimir Besedin, Nikolay Titov
Languages: Russian
Countries: Russia

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MONEY

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Earned back only 45% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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ERA

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Released 5 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Major Grom Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Oleg Trofim, shot by Maxim Zhukov. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Yuri Karikh shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Tikhon Zhiznevsky and Lyubov Aksyonova and Aleksey Maklakov carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Who is your hero?".

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The take

Oleg Trofim directs. Maxim Zhukov behind the camera. Roman Seliverstov scores. Yuri Karikh cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in Russia. Dialogue in Russian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Earned back only 45% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
2Released 5 years ago.
3Part of the "Major Grom Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Oleg Trofim, shot by Maxim Zhukov. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Roman Seliverstov. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Yuri Karikh shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Tikhon Zhiznevsky and Lyubov Aksyonova and Aleksey Maklakov carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Who is your hero?".
9IMDB entry: tt7601480 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Released under 22 different titles around the world.