Guard Me, My Talisman

Overview

The setting for this off-beat drama of love and jealousy is the Pushkin Poetry Festival in Boldino. Liosha and his wife Tania are walking through the plush forest around Boldino when a mysterious figure pops up from behind a tree and asks the couple a question on an esoteric point of Pushkin scholarship. From that strange beginning, the man, whose name is Klimov, starts to ease himself into the couple's private space, and trouble ensues. Complementing this story is the festival itself, enactments of Pushkin's works, and emotional debates among the festival-goers over the meaning of his poetry.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

August 31, 1986

Original language

Russian

Spoken languages

Russian

Countries

Soviet Union

Production

Dovzhenko Film Studios

Cast

Oleg Yankovskiy,Tatyana Drubich,Aleksandr Abdulov,Aleksandr Zbruev,Alexander Adabashyan,Bulat Okudzhava,Mikhail Kozakov

Director

Roman Balayan

Writer

Rustam Ibragimbekov,Sergey Fomichyov,Inessa Razmashkina

Producer

Mikhail Kostyukovskiy

Cinematography

Vilen Kalyuta

Music

Vadym Khrapachov

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0091335