The Heritage of Love
| The Heritage of Love | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Yuriy Vasilev |
| Produced by |
Elmira Ainulova Maria Juromskaya Natalia Doroshkevich |
| Written by |
Nataliya Doroshkevich Olga Pogodina-Kuzmina |
| Starring |
Dima Bilan Svetlana Ivanova Aleksandr Adabashyan Aleksandr Baluev Marat Basharov Aleksandr Golovin Jurgita Jurkute Tatyana Lyutaeva Viktor Nemets Lilita Ozolina Yulia Peresild |
| Music by | Eduard Artemyev |
| Edited by | Ramunas Greychius |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Cultural Solidarity Media |
Release dates |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
The Heritage of Love (Russian: Герой, Geroy, "Hero") is a Russian drama film inspired by a true story. It is set against the Russian Revolution and subsequent onset of civil war, as well as contemporary Paris. The film is directed by Yuriy Vasilev and written by Natalia Doroshkevich and Olga Pogodina-Kuzmina. The film stars Dima Bilan (in his first film role), Svetlana Ivanova, Aleksandr Adabashyan, Aleksandr Baluev, and Marat Basharov.
Plot
The film is set in 2016. Andrey Kulikov is a young machinist who is goes to Paris to visit an old lady and to buy the oldest Russian-made car, the Russo-Balt. While walking through Paris, Andrey sees a woman, Vera, and so begins the telling of two love stories, separated by three generations and one hundred years.
Later, when Andrey visits a cemetery he finds the grave of a young lady similar to the one he just met in Paris.
During his search to the past it becomes clear that Vera's and Andrey's fates are connected. His great-grandfather, Andrey Dolmatov, had been an officer in the White Army during the Russian Revolution and felt in love with Duchess Vera Chernisheva in the last days of the Russian Empire and in the Russian civil war.
Cast
- Dima Bilan – Andrey Kulikov / Officer and Nobleman Andrey Dolmatov
- Svetlana Ivanova – Duchess Vera Chernisheva / Vera Yezerskaya
- Aleksandr Adabashyan – Lev Chij
- Aleksandr Baluev – Tereshchenko
- Marat Basharov – Baron Ivan Karlovich von Liven
- Aleksandr Golovin – Repnin
- Jurgita Jurkute – Irina Chernisheva
- Tatyana Lyutaeva – Duchess Chernisheva
- Viktor Nemets – Yefim
- Lilita Ozolina – Yelizaveta Yezerskaya von liven
- Yulia Peresild – Masha Kulikova
- Aleksandr Vasilev
- Vladislav Vetrov – The Ducks
- Petar Zekavica – Mikhailenko
- Mikolas Vildjunas – General Kornilov
- Yuri Vasilev – The priest
Production
Music
The musical score was composed by Eduard Artemyev, who has previously collaborated with Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov on numerous movies (At Home Among Strangers, An Unfinished Piece for a Player Piano, Burnt by the Sun, The Barber of Siberia, Sunstroke).
See also
External links
- The Heritage of Love at the Internet Movie Database
- Official website
- The Heritage of Love at culturalsolidaritymedia.com