Scarecrow

1983 2h 7m RU

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6.8

SOLID

★6.8TMDB · 53

FamilyDrama

Synopsis

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A twelve years old girl Lena who has come to live with her grandfather in a small Russian town is being bullied by her classmates. She took the rap of being a class traitor because she was in love with the boy who had betrayed his classmates when they were bunking off and going to cinema instead of a literature lesson. The class is penalized for that, not being allowed to go to Moscow for fall holidays with the rest of the school. Lena is being ostracized, "boycotted" however not telling the truth, waiting that the boy himself would confess to be guilty.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Kristina Orbakayte
Lena Bessoltseva
Yuriy Nikulin
Nikolay Bessoltsev - Lena's grandfather
Yelena Sanayeva
Margarita Ivanovna
Mitya Yegorov
Dima Somov
Kseniya Filippova
Mironova
Anna Tolmachyova
Shmakova
Marina Martanova
Marina - Motya
Konstantin Chekhovsky
Valka

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Rolan Bykov
Writers: Vladimir Zheleznikov, Rolan Bykov
Languages: Georgian, Russian
Countries: Soviet Union

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ERA

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

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Georgian, Russian.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Rolan Bykov, shot by Anatoliy Mukasey. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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6 / 8

CAST

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Kristina Orbakayte and Yuriy Nikulin and Yelena Sanayeva carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0085335 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 53 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Rolan Bykov directs. Anatoliy Mukasey behind the camera. Sofiya Gubaydulina scores. Lyudmila Yelyan cuts. Produced in Soviet Union. Dialogue in Georgian, Russian.

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143 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Georgian, Russian.
3Directed by Rolan Bykov, shot by Anatoliy Mukasey. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Sofiya Gubaydulina. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Lyudmila Yelyan shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Kristina Orbakayte and Yuriy Nikulin and Yelena Sanayeva carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0085335 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 53 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.