The Stoker

2010 · 83 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 2,891 VOTES · DIR. Aleksey Balabanov

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Overview

A shell-shocked Afghanistan war hero named Ivan Skryabin (Mikhail Skryabin) spends his days stoking the fire in a giant coal furnace. When he isn’t tending the flames, he keeps busy with other activities. He works on a historical novel. His adult daughter Sasha (Aida Tumutova) comes to visit. Local kids come to gaze at the flames. Gangsters, including a former Army sergeant (Aleksandr Mosin) and a sniper known as Bison (Yuri Matveyev), drop by to add special kindling to the fire.

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Dialogue Timeline — 400 lines

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00:04:34 A STOKER
00:06:40 about people like those, you're fighting with.
00:08:16 Remember how we got drunk with Massandra wine in Kabul?
00:10:14 He bought an old typewriter somewhere.
00:11:02 /Russian?
00:15:06 Or about Yakuts he lived at, to be precise.
00:16:39 Uncle, who are those people?
00:18:41 I've been waiting for my salary for 2 months now.
00:22:32 Come in.
00:24:17 Actually it's nothing special.
00:25:26 It's empty.
00:27:51 Yes, the wacko.
00:38:10 So?
00:40:08 Your friend bison has just won 30 grand of my money.
00:44:40 It's hot in here.
00:45:49 First in Vitebsk, And then I was relocated to Afghanistan.
00:47:53 Dad, why the stoker was awarded a Sovet Hero, and you wasn't?
00:49:11 Then we served together.
00:53:08 I was visiting my father and the seamstress.
00:54:40 I wouldn't have to share the profits with anyone.
00:59:08 You said her name was Irmina.
01:10:25 Come in, my friend.
01:14:02 Haylak...
01:19:32 Kostya rushed after her.

Cast & Characters

Mikhail Skryabin Kochegar Yuriy Matveev Vassily 'Bizon' - lover of Sasha and Masha Aleksandr Mosin Sergeant - father of Masha Aida Tumutova Sasha - daughter of Ivan Skryabin Anna Korotayeva Masha - daughter of Sergeant Varvara Belokurova Vera - Daughter of Colonel Minayev Roman Burenkov Gosha Filipp Dyachkov Yasha Aleksandr Garkushenko Kostya Kirill Komlev Bartender

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed400
Dialogue density4.8 lines / min
First line00:04:34
Final line01:19:32

Production Record

DirectorAleksey Balabanov
LanguageRussian
Revenue$183,640
IMDb votes2,891