Peculiarities of National Politics explained

Peculiarities of National Politics
Director:	Dmitry Meskhiev Yuri Konopkin
Producer:	Aleksandr Tyutrumov
Starring:	Alexey Buldakov Viktor Bychkov Sergei Gusinsky
Music:	Evgeny Fyodorov
Cinematography:	Sergei Machilsky
Editing:	Tamara Lipartia
Studio:	ATK Studio
Runtime:	86 minutes
Country:	Russia
Language:	Russian

Peculiarities of National Politics (Russian: Особенности национальной политики|Osobennosti natsionalnoi politiki) is a 2003 comedy film directed by Dmitry Meskhiev and Yuri Konopkin.^{[1] [2]}

Plot

General Ivolgin is ready to go into big politics. High ratings of the unknown opponent confuse the competitors. They try to unravel the secret of the general's popularity and are taking steps to discredit him and even attempt to murder the general.

Cast

• Alexey Buldakov – General Ivolgin
• Viktor Bychkov – Huntsman Kuzmich
• Sergei Gusinsky – Sergeant Semyonov
• Semyon Strugachov – Lyova Soloveychik
• Alexandr Tyutrumov – Kislyuk
• Nina Usatova – Inna Usman
• Sergei Russkin – Sergei Olegovich
• Alexandr Polovtsev – Ilyusha
• Viktor Sergeev – Viktor Sergeevich
• Mikhail Porechenkov – Vanya
• Yury Kuznetsov – Stepan Nikolaevich
• Anna Kovalchuk – TV host
• Konstantin Khabensky – Gosha
• Andrei Zibrov – Venya
• Mikhail Trukhin – Lyola

Production

Director of the previous films in the Peculiarities of National... series, Aleksandr Rogozhkin, wrote the screenplay for the picture, but declined to direct. Dmitry Meskhiev was then chosen as director, but because of financial reasons the production was stalled and later Yuri Konopkin finished the picture ^[3]

Most of the film was shot in Pskov

Notes and References

1. Web site: Особенности национальной политики. VokrugTV.
2. Web site: Константин Хабенский стал журналистом. 3 November 2003 . Komsomolskaya Pravda.
3. Web site: Охота на избирателя. Rossiyskaya Gazeta.