Time of a Dancer explained

Time of a Dancer
Native Name:	Russian: Время танцора
Director:	Vadim Abdrashitov
Producer:	Sergei Bayev
Music:	Viсtor Lebedev
Editing:	Roza Rogatkina
Studio:	Mosfilm
Country:	Russia
Language:	Russian

Time of a Dancer (Russian: Время танцора|Vremya tantsora), also translated as Dancer's Time,^[1] is a 1997 Russian war drama film directed by Vadim Abdrashitov.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Plot

They returned from the war. On the one hand, they won, and on the other, they lost, because they forgot how to live in peace. But the war did not destroy the most important thing in them: the will to live.^[5]

Cast

• Andrey Egorov as Andrei Podobed
• Yuri Stepanov as Valeriy Belosheikin
• Sergey Garmash as Fiedel
• Zurab Kipshidze as Temur
• Chulpan Khamatova as Katya
• Svetlana Kopylova as Larisa, Valeriy's wife
• Vera Voronkova as Tamara
• Natalya Loskutova as Olga Pavlovna
• Sergey Nikonenko as Fyodor
• Mikhail Bogdasarov as Said^[6]

Screenings

Time of a Dancer was screened in the Stalker Human Rights Film Festival's regional presentation in Rostov-on-Don in 2010, where Abdrashitov engaged in discussion about the film with the audience.^[7]

Awards

• Nika Award (1997): Best Screenplay (Aleksandr Mindadze), Best Male Supporting Role (Zurab Kipshidze)^[8]
• Kinotavr (1998) Grand Prix^{[9] [10]}
• Locarno Festival (1998) Special Jury Prize

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rostov to hold charitable action of International Film Festival "Stalker" . Caucasian Knot . 18 February 2010 . 4 September 2022.
2. https://www.obltv.ru/news/culture/na-srednem-urale-pokazhut-luchshie-raboty-kinofestivalya-vgik/ На Среднем Урале покажут лучшие работы кинофестиваля ВГИК
3. https://argumenti.ru/society/2019/08/623327 Российский король эпизода
4. https://ria.ru/20200119/1563594640.html Мишустин поздравил кинорежиссёра Абдрашитова с юбилеем
5. https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/41452/ Time of a Dancer
6. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0129563/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm Time of a Dancer (1998) Full Cast / Crew
7. Web site: Rostov to hold charitable action of International Film Festival "Stalker" . Caucasian Knot . 18 February 2010 . 4 September 2022.
8. https://old.kinoart.ru/archive/1998/02/n2-article2 Шесть сюжетов в поисках смысла. «Время танцора»
9. https://unikino.ru/time-of-the-dancer/ Елена Стишова представит фильм «Время танцора»
10. Book: The BFI Companion to Eastern European and Russian Cinema. 1935. Richard Taylor, Nancy Wood, Julian Graffy, Dina Iordanova. Bloomsbury. 978-1838718497. 2019.