Second half of the 1960s. Novikov, an employee of the apparatus, is a charming and successful functionary, married to the daughter of a former party leader. His life is a success — he has a status, a family, two children, as well as a young mistress — student Tanya, for whom he will never divorce... During the conflict at a youth construction site in Siberia, which he must repay, Novikov shows himself as an experienced dodger and a provocateur. Tanya's father, a war veteran and an honest worker, Ivan Dronov considers himself entitled to punish this scoundrel...
Where to watch
Not streaming anywhere
Not on any streaming service in United States, and not available to rent.
Your rating
Your review
Cast
25 people
Boris Shcherbakov
Novikov
Known for
Guest from the Future
To the Stars by Hard Ways
Oleg Borisov
Dronov
Known for
Trial on the Road
Galina Bulgakova
Tanya
Also in
Cold at the Spring's Beginning
The Distant Voice of the Cuckoo
Irina Rozanova
Larisa
Known for
The Rifleman of the Voroshilov Regiment
Hipsters
Yevgeny Matveyev
father-in-law
Also in
Soldiers of Freedom
Love in Russian 2
Eduard Bocharov
Kozlov
Also in
Seraphim Polubes and Other Inhabitants of the Earth
Insult
Sergey Garmash
taxi driver
Known for
Brigada
Attraction
Aleksandr Feklistov
Anatoliy
Known for
The Inhabited Island 2: Rebellion
Natalya Popova
Dronova
Also in
The Twelve Months
Did You Call the Doctor?
Nikolay Lavrov
chief
Also in
Ghoul
Killing Power
Marianna Strizhenova
mother-in-law
Also in
The Gadfly
Captain Nemo
Vladimir Osipchuk
Safonov
Also in
Vanishing August
Bay of Happiness
Arkadiy Sirenko Director · Evgeniy Grigorev Writer Irakli Gabeli Composer
First release April 11, 1989 · Produced in Russia · Original title Отцы
Production
Mosfilm
Production
Russia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Отцы
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · April 11, 1989
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
More from Arkadiy Sirenko
Other films they directed, best known first.
If you liked Fathers
Picks that share its genres, themes, cast and crew.
