Fox Hunting (film)

Fox Hunting
Directed by	Vadim Abdrashitov
Written by	Aleksandr Mindadze
Produced by	Vitaly Boguslavsky[1]
Starring	Vladimir Gostyukhin Irina Muravyova
Cinematography	Yuri Nevsky
Edited by	Roza Rogatkina
Music by	Eduard Artemyev
Production company	Mosfilm
Release date	22 December 1980 (1980-12-22)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Fox Hunting (Russian: Охота на лис, romanized: Okhota na lis) is a 1980 Soviet crime drama directed by Vadim Abdrashitov.[2]

Plot

Two youngsters mug a worker and are justly punished: one receives a suspended sentence, and the other goes to serve in the colony. But the victim is haunted by thoughts regarding the fate of these teenagers. He begins to regularly meet with the prisoners in the hope of getting to reach their hearts.

The protagonist of this drama is an enthusiast of the nowadays rare type of radiosport of the same name, fox hunting.

Cast

• Vladimir Gostyukhin as Viktor Belov
• Irina Muravyova as Marina Belova
• Igor Nefyodov as Vladimir Belikov
• Dmitry Kharatyan as Kostya Stryzhak
• Alla Pokrovskaya as Olga Sergeyevna, Stryzhak's mother
• Andrey Turkov as Valerik, Belov's son
• Mikhail Bocharov as Viktor Semenovich, chairman of the factory committee
• Margarita Zharova as Judge
• Antonina Konchakova as Belikov's mother
• Nikolay Smorchkov as policeman

Awards

• San Remo Film Festival — Best Director (Vadim Abdrashitov), Best Actor (Vladimir Gostyukhin)[3]

References

1. Охота на лис (1980) at the KinoPoisk
2. Охота на лис как диагноз и предчувствие
3. Fox Hunting at the kino-teatr.ru

External links

• Fox Hunting at IMDb