Blackmailer
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Blackmailer

8.0 / 10 1988 1h 27mNR Russian
DramaCrime

Storyline

Ninth graders Genka and Anya crash the girl's father's car. Misha, having earned money from the photos, gives money to his friends, but they are not enough. Then Genka steals a video camera from the school's art studio, draws his father into this story, and does not yet know that a shot will follow very soon...

Cast & Crew

Mikhail Efremov

Mikhail Efremov

Миша Рубцов

Lead
Leonid Kuravlyov

Leonid Kuravlyov

Федор Семенович

Sergey Garmash

Sergey Garmash

учитель

Aleksandr Shirvindt

Aleksandr Shirvindt

Валерий Юрьевич, отец Гены

Valentina Titova

Valentina Titova

Елена Куликова

Nikolai Karnaukhov

Nikolai Karnaukhov

Григорий Кузьмич

Valery Afanasyev

Valery Afanasyev

Димка-жестянщик

Natalya Nazarova

Natalya Nazarova

Люба, актриса

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Valeri Kurykin's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Blackmailer is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker