It's a superb film in the classic style of screen storytelling, at once intimate and epic, possessed of lyrical beauty and suffused with that mixture of warmth, suffering and rueful humor so characteristic of Russian films.
Overview
Katya and her 6-year-old son Sanya, who, in 1952, meet a veteran Soviet officer named Tolyan. Katya falls in love with Tolyan, who turns out to be a small time criminal, but who also becomes a father figure to Sanya ...
Director and cast
- Pavel Chukhray Director
- Vladimir Mashkov as Толян
- Misha Philipchuk as Саня
- Yekaterina Rednikova as Katya
- Mikhail Filipchuk as Sanya
- Yuri Belyayev as Old Sanya
- Amaliya Mordvinova as Doctor's wife
- Natalya Pozdnyakova as Бухгалтерша
- Lidiya Savchenko as Aunt Tanya
- Anatoliy Koshcheev Cast
- Anna Shtukaturova Cast
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Top critics, in their words
It is clear fairly early in The Thief that the title character represents Stalin, and it's one of the strengths of the film that the symbolism never gets in the way of a convincing, heartbreaking story.
As dramatically compelling as it is heavily metaphorical...
...compelling, great-looking...
The Thief is a beautiful movie about terrible things that happen to a widow and her young son.
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