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The Stoker

The Stoker

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 13, 2010

Runtime

1h 23m

Genres

Drama, Crime

User Score

63%

Original Title

Кочегар

Production Companies

CTB Film Company

Director

Aleksey Balabanov

Revenue

$183,640

Description

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.