The Heritage of Love
| The Heritage of Love | |
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| Russian: Герой | |
| Directed by | Yuriy Vasilev |
| Written by | Nataliya Doroshkevich Olga Pogodina-Kuzmina |
| Produced by | Elmira Ainulova Maria Juromskaya Natalia Doroshkevich |
| Starring | Dima Bilan Svetlana Ivanova Aleksandr Adabashyan Aleksandr Baluev Marat Basharov Aleksandr Golovin Jurgita Jurkute Tatyana Lyutaeva Viktor Nemets Lilita Ozolina Yulia Peresild |
| Cinematography | Ramunas Greicius |
| Music by | Eduard Artemyev |
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| Distributed by | Cultural Solidarity Media |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
| Budget | $7 million |
The Heritage of Love (Russian: Герой, Geroy, "Hero") is a Russian romantic 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
[edit]The film is set in 2016. Andrey Kulikov is a young machinist who is going 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 starts the tale 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 fell in love with Duchess Vera Chernisheva in the last days of the Russian Empire and in the Russian Civil War.
Cast
[edit]- Dima Bilan as Officer and Nobleman Andrey Dolmatov / Andrey Kulikov
- Svetlana Ivanova as Duchess Vera Chernisheva / Vera Yezerskaya
- Aleksandr Adabashyan as Lev Chij
- Aleksandr Baluev as Tereshchenko
- Marat Basharov as Baron Ivan Karlovich von Liven
- Aleksandr Golovin as Repnin
- Jurgita Jurkute as Irina Chernisheva
- Tatyana Lyutaeva as Duchess Chernisheva
- Viktor Nemets as Yefim
- Lilita Ozolina as Yelizaveta Yezerskaya von liven
- Yulia Peresild as Masha Kulikova
- Aleksandr Vasilev
- Vladislav Vetrov as The Ducks
- Petar Zekavica as Mikhailenko
- Mikolas Vildjunas as General Kornilov
- Yuri Vasilev as The priest
Production
[edit]Music
[edit]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
[edit]External links
[edit]- 2016 films
- 2010s Russian-language films
- 2016 action drama films
- 2016 romantic drama films
- 2016 war drama films
- Biographical films about military leaders
- Russian historical drama films
- Russian Civil War films
- Russian action drama films
- Russian romantic drama films
- Russian war drama films
- Russian World War I films
- Films scored by Eduard Artemyev
- Films set in Saint Petersburg
- War films based on actual events
- World War I films based on actual events
- Films about Soviet repression
- Russian Revolution films
- Films set in 1916
- Films set in 1918
- Films set in 1921
- Films set in 2016
- War romance films
- 2010s historical romance films