Friend

Overview

Looking for the money for a drink, an alcoholic gets a Newfoundland dog as a present from a stranger at a bird fair. He'll soon find out that the animal is not only able to speak, but to get him to give up drinking as well. Now he's determined to get rid of the dog, but that won't be an easy task.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 1, 1988

Original language

Russian

Spoken languages

Russian

Countries

Soviet Union

Production

Mosfilm

Cast

Aleksandra Kharitonova,Sofya Gorshkova,Viktor Uralsky,Mircea Soțchi-Voinicescu,Natalya Korenchenko,Igor Yasulovich,Anatoliy Romashin,Zoya Isaeva,Sergey Shakurov,Yekaterina Kuravlyovaand 5 more

Director

Leonid Kvinikhidze

Writer

Eduard Akopov

Producer

Vladimir Chudovsky

Cinematography

Evgeniy Guslinskiy

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0092930