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.
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Cast
13 people
Mikhail Skryabin
Kochegar
Known for
Cargo 200
Yuri Matveyev
Vassily 'Bizon'
Aleksandr Mosin
Sergeant - father of Masha
Known for
Me Too
Morphine
Aida Tumutova
Sasha, daughter Kochegar
No other roles listed
Anna Korotayeva
Masha
No other roles listed
Filipp Dyachkov
Also in
The Territory
The Dead Lake
Vyacheslav Pavlyut
Fyodor Alekseevich
Also in
GDR
Enemies
Vyacheslav Telnov
Andrei Sergeevich
Pyotr Semak
colonel, Vera's father
Also in
Decease
Dark World: Equilibrium
Irina Osnovina
cashier
Known for
Peculiarities of the National Hunt in the Winter
Oleg Korytin
customer's driver
Known for
Morphine
Oleg Yudin
Also in
Sideburns
Window to Paris
Aleksei Balabanov Director · Aleksandr Simonov Cinematographer Tatyana Kuzmichyova Editor
Worldwide gross $184K · First release October 13, 2010 · Produced in Russia
Box office
Worldwide gross
$183,640
Production
CTB Film Company
Production
Russia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Кочегар
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · October 13, 2010
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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