Do Not Shoot at White Swans

Do Not Shoot at White Swans

136 mins | Drama | June 11, 1980

Egor Polushkin (Stanislav Lyubshin) is a kind-hearted, nature loving, artistic family man who is living in a small village. To his neighbors and even his wife (Nina Ruslanova) he is a walking disaster, so they frown at him and call him Bedonosec (engl. misfortune bearer). Only Egors son (Viktor Anisimov) shares his enthusiasm for the beautiful things of live. As Egor becomes the new forest ranger, this new position brings him not only joy, but it is also the source of great suffering to come, as his fondness for the living nature and especially the newly acquired white swans is in conflict with the interests of others...

Do Not Shoot at White Swans

136 mins | Drama | June 11, 1980

Do Not Shoot at White Swans
Egor Polushkin (Stanislav Lyubshin) is a kind-hearted, nature loving, artistic family man who is living in a small village. To his neighbors and even his wife (Nina Ruslanova) he is a walking disaster, so they frown at him and call him Bedonosec (engl. misfortune bearer). Only Egors son (Viktor Anisimov) shares his enthusiasm for the beautiful things of live. As Egor becomes the new forest ranger, this new position brings him not only joy, but it is also the source of great suffering to come, as his fondness for the living nature and especially the newly acquired white swans is in conflict with the interests of others...
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Mosfilm, Gosteleradio USSR
Original title Не стреляйте в белых лебедей
Directors Rodion Nahapetov
Writers Kirill Rapoport, Boris Vasilev

Cast

Stanislav Lyubshin

as Egor Polushkin

Nina Ruslanova

as Haritina Makarovna (Egor's wife)

Vera Glagoleva

as Nonna Jur'evna

Ivars Kalniņš

as Chuvalov

Grigoriy Shpigel

as Grigoriy Iozerovitch

Lyubov Sokolova

as Rabotnik zooparka

Vladimir Zamanskiy

as Mikhail Matveevitch

Iren Azer

as Ira

Viktor Anisimov

as Kolya Polushkin

Nikolai Karnaukhov

as Sazanov

Anatoly Vedyonkin

as Passazhir