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The Geographer Drank His Globe Away
6.7 / 10• 2013• 2h 0m•NR• Russian
Drama
Storyline
Victor Sluzhkin signs on as a teacher of geography in a secondary school in his native Perm (in the Urals) and gets lost in a haze of hard vodka, desperate love for a nymphet-like student and the stress of educating teenagers. Geographer, as the students immediately dub Sluzhkin, attempts to escape from the grueling, dull, stultifying reality of Russia's provincial life in a rafting tour to the Urals. Accompanied by wild, adventure-seeking adolescents, faced with the numerous grim surprises of the nature, Geographer is poised to find himself and his own truth.
Cast & Crew
Konstantin Khabensky
Viktor Sluzhkin
Lead
Elena Lyadova
Nadya
Aleksandr Robak
Budkin
Agrippina Steklova
Roza Borisovna
Andrey Prytkov
Gradusov
Anfisa Chernykh
Masha
Evgeniya Kregzhde
Sashenka
Alla Mezentseva
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What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Alexandr Veledinsky's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Geographer Drank His Globe Away is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
