Peculiarities of National Politics

Peculiarities of National Politics
Directed by	Dmitry Meskhiev Yuri Konopkin
Written by	Aleksandr Rogozhkin
Produced by	Aleksandr Tyutrumov
Starring	Alexey Buldakov Viktor Bychkov Sergei Gusinsky
Cinematography	Sergei Machilsky
Edited by	Tamara Lipartia
Music by	Evgeny Fyodorov
Production company	ATK Studio
Release date	2003 (2003)
Running time	86 minutes
Country	Russia
Language	Russian

Peculiarities of National Politics (Russian: Особенности национальной политики, romanized: Osobennosti natsionalnoi politiki) is a 2003 comedy film directed by Dmitry Meskhiev and Yuri Konopkin.[1][2]

Plot

General Ivolgin is ready to go into big politics. High ratings of the unknown opponent confuse the competitors. They try to unravel the secret of the general's popularity and are taking steps to discredit him and even attempt to murder the general.

Cast

• Alexey Buldakov – General Ivolgin
• Viktor Bychkov – Huntsman Kuzmich
• Sergei Gusinsky – Sergeant Semyonov
• Semyon Strugachov – Lyova Soloveychik
• Alexandr Tyutrumov – Kislyuk
• Nina Usatova – Inna Usman
• Sergei Russkin – Sergei Olegovich
• Alexandr Polovtsev – Ilyusha
• Viktor Sergeev – Viktor Sergeevich
• Mikhail Porechenkov – Vanya
• Yury Kuznetsov – Stepan Nikolaevich
• Anna Kovalchuk – TV host
• Konstantin Khabensky – Gosha
• Andrei Zibrov – Venya
• Mikhail Trukhin – Lyola

Production

Director of the previous films in the Peculiarities of National... series, Aleksandr Rogozhkin, wrote the screenplay for the picture, but declined to direct. Dmitry Meskhiev was then chosen as director, but because of financial reasons the production was stalled and later Yuri Konopkin finished the picture [3]

Most of the film was shot in Pskov[1]

References

1. "Особенности национальной политики". VokrugTV.
2. "Константин Хабенский стал журналистом". Komsomolskaya Pravda. 3 November 2003.
3. "Охота на избирателя". Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

External links

Peculiarities of National Politics at IMDb