Sideburns

Overview

A small provincial town is home to two rival teenage gangs, one devoted to loose living and punk music and the other a collection of narrow-minded bodybuilders obsessed with order and convinced of their own moral rectitude. However, this cosy state of affairs is upset by the arrival of two strangers dressed like Pushkin, the famous early 19th century Russian poet, who proceed to found their own organisation, dedicated ostensibly to the memory of the great writer and the "salvation of Russia". Gradually, they begin to assume control of the town...

Details

Status

Released

Release date

June 6, 1990

Original language

Russian

Spoken languages

Russian

Countries

Soviet Union

Production

Lenfilm,Golos

Cast

Viktor Sukhorukov,Artur Vakha,Aleksandr Lykov,Aleksandr Medvedev,Nikolay Dik,Viktor Mikhaylov,Vladlen Biryukov,Anatoli Zhuravlyov,Yuri Mamin,Elena Rufanovaand 16 more

Director

Yuri Mamin

Writer

Vyacheslav Leykin

Cinematography

Sergei Nekrasov

Music

Aleksei Zalivalov

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0099097