| The Thief | |
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| Directed by | Pavel Chukhray |
| Written by | Pavel Chukhray |
| Produced by | Igor Bortnikov Sergei Kozlov Igor Tolstunov |
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| Cinematography | Vladimir Klimov |
| Edited by | Marina Dobryanskaya Natalya Kucherenko |
| Music by | Vladimir Dashkevich |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
| Budget | $2 million |
| Box office | $1.1 million (US) |
The Thief (Russian: Вор, Vor) is a 1997 Russian drama film written and directed by Pavel Chukhray. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film[1] and won the Nika Award for Best Picture and Best Directing.[2] Also winner of the International Youth Jury's prize, the President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal, and the UNICEF Award at the 1997 Venice Film Festival.
The film is about a young woman, Katya (Yekaterina Rednikova), and her 6-year-old son Sanya (Misha Philipchuk), who, in 1952, meet a veteran Soviet officer named Tolyan (Vladimir Mashkov). Katya falls in love with Tolyan, who turns out to be a small time criminal, but who also becomes a father figure to Sanya.
- ^ "The 70th Academy Awards (1998) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
- ^ Richard Taylor, Nancy Wood, Julian Graffy, Dina Iordanova (2019). The BFI Companion to Eastern European and Russian Cinema. Bloomsbury. p. 1938. ISBN 978-1838718497.
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