The Stoker
2010 · 83 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 2,891 VOTES · DIR. Aleksey Balabanov
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 400 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
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?
00:10:17 He throws in coal and he's writing.
00:11:03 Oh yes. A real man.
00:15:11 Vera, my uncle is Yakut A Sovet hero.
00:16:48 They're bad people.
00:19:18 She said there's nice weather in Detroit.
00:22:57 - I got them from my mum. - Nice.
00:24:27 Actually it was like that.
00:25:34 I draw a plan.
00:28:30 But for your birthday.
00:38:29 Achtung, minen!
00:40:22 You lost, shit happens.
00:44:58 She does not have enough room at her place.
00:46:27 Selling weapons to our enemies.
00:48:21 He deserves the title, doesn't he?
00:50:35 - Good morning. - Good morning.
00:54:07 I think so, yes.
00:55:09 Bison!
01:00:50 Jasha, I need to leave now. I need to visit my daughter.
01:11:23 Shooting from distance - it's not war.
01:18:23 A STORY BY IVAN SKRIABIN
01:20:54 And uncle did not write what happened next.
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 line01:20:54
Production Record
DirectorAleksey Balabanov
LanguageRussian
Revenue$183,640
IMDb votes2,891