Vysotsky. Thank You For Being Alive

Vysotsky. Thank You for Being Alive
Directed byPyotr Buslov
Screenplay byNikita Vysotsky
Produced byKonstantin Ernst
Anatoly Maksimov
Michael Schlicht
Nikita Vysotsky
StarringSergey Bezrukov
Oksana Akinshina
Andrey Smolyakov
Ivan Urgant
Maksim Leonidov
Andrey Panin
CinematographyIgor Grinyakin
Distributed byDirektsiya Kino
Release date
  • December 1, 2011 (2011-12-01)
Running time
1 hour 12 minutes
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian
Budget$12,000,000 (estimated)
Box office$27,400,000

Vysotsky. Thank You for Being Alive (Russian: Высоцкий. Спасибо, что живой) is a 2011 Russian drama film about Vladimir Vysotsky based on a screenplay by his son Nikita and directed by Pyotr Buslov. The primary actor, who played the role of Vysotsky, went uncredited and remained unknown to public. Later, it was revealed that CGI and heavy makeup disguised Sergey Bezrukov. The film premiered on December 1, 2011.