The Stoker

The Stoker

83 mins | Drama, Crime | Oct. 13, 2010

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.

The Stoker

83 mins | Drama, Crime | Oct. 13, 2010

The Stoker
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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers CTB Film Company
Original title Кочегар
Directors Олексій Балабанов
Writers Олексій Балабанов

Cast

Mikhail Skryabin

as Kochegar

Yuri Matveyev

as Vassily 'Bizon'

Aleksandr Mosin

as Sergeant - father of Masha

Aida Tumutova

as Sasha, daughter Kochegar

Anna Korotayeva

as Masha

Vyacheslav Pavlyut

as Fyodor Alekseevich

Vyacheslav Telnov

as Andrei Sergeevich

Pyotr Semak

as colonel, Vera's father

Irina Osnovina

as cashier

Oleg Korytin

as customer's driver