A Man of a Retinue

Jul 12, 1987

1h 31m

★ 8.0

Overview

According to the story of the same name by Vladimir Makanin. Mitya Rodiontsev, a young employee of the research institute, for some time now became one of those who were in the close circle of the secretary of the director Aglaya Andreyevna and felt well protected from the vicissitudes of fate. Having become a “retinue”, Mitya was no longer engaged in science, but was busy for those who needed him, openly respected him and saw him as a future leader. But once Rodiontsev was not invited to the director’s office for a weekly tea party...

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Rīgas kinostudija

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Cast

Sanin

Andrey Ilin

Aglaya Andreevna

Vija Artmane

Vika

Valentina Telichkina

Rodiontsev

Dalvin Shcherbakov

Andrei Ivanovich

Ernst Romanov

Rodiontsev's Wife

Vera Bykova

Vasya

Boris Akhanov

Vika's Husband

Pēteris Liepiņš

Mariya

Ingūna Zemzare

Sanin's Girlfriend

Gunta Grīva

Kocherov

Viktor Plyut

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