The Watchman
6.2
The protagonist Vlad is a man of about forty; he lives and works as watchman in an old sanatorium that is due to be demolished. He obviously needs this work to live the life of a hermit. One night a married couple appears at the sanatorium: Vera and Stas. They are on the run. They are pursued by former friends and business partners of Stas. Vlad decides to help them, because he too is hiding from the past. Each character is threatened with the inevitable payment for wrong choices in the past, but helping each other, they try to expiate these faults.
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Cast
13 people
Yury Bykov
Vlad
Known for
Method
The Major
Vladislav Abashin
Stas
Known for
In the Fog
The Factory
Alla Yuganova
Vera
Known for
Sugar Baby
Arthur Beschastny
Bogatov
Known for
Peace! Friendship! Chewing gum!
Chernobyl: Abyss
Gela Meskhi
son
Known for
Saving Leningrad
Billion
Oleg Zima
father
Known for
Text
Aleksey Simonov
neighbor
Also in
The Cyberfarm
Cyberpapa
Nikolay Kozak
The Curved One
Known for
Chikatilo
Chernobyl: Abyss
Dmitriy Blokhin
The Plump One
Known for
Kitchenblock
14+
Evgeny Berezin
The Fast One
Also in
Kicking Off
The Place!
Sergey Murzin
center owner
Known for
Brother
Red Sky
Evgeniya Shipova
prostitute
Known for
Forsaken
Yury Bykov Director · Vladimir Ushakov Cinematographer Anna Kruty Editor
Worldwide gross $54K · Budget $860K · First release June 15, 2019
Box office
Budget
$860,000
Worldwide gross
$53,565
Gross vs. budget
0.1×
Production
Invada Film
Production
Artlight
Production
Yellow, Black & White
Production
Russia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Сторож
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · June 15, 2019
Premiere · Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr
Russia · October 24, 2019
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Brazil
May 13, 2021 · Digital
Russia
October 24, 2019 · Digital
South Korea
August 3, 2020 · Digital
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