Saving Pushkin, also known as Saving Legacy (Russian: Учёности плоды, romanized: Uchyonosti plody) is a 2021 Russian war drama film directed by Igor Ugolnikov. The main roles were played by Sergey Bezrukov and Nastassja Kerbengen.[2]
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| Directed by | Igor Ugolnikov (ru) |
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| Cinematography | Andrey Gurkin |
| Music by | Sergey Shustitsky |
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| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Productions and Releasing |
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Running time | 160 minutes |
| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
| Budget | ₽209 million |
| Box office | ₽3 million[1] |
It was released on October 21, 2021 by Sony Pictures Productions and Releasing (SPPR).[3]
The film is set in 1944 at the Mikhaylovskoye Museum Reserve in the village of Mikhailovskoye. Some of the local residents became a partisan, another began to cooperate with the invaders, and left-handed Sergey did not choose any side and decided to just wait. Suddenly, a professor of literature, Maria Schiller, arrives from Germany. She tells the Wehrmacht soldiers and local residents about Alexander Pushkin. Meanwhile, an order comes from Berlin - to remove all historical values from the village.[4]
The distribution of Ugolnikov's picture is handled by the Russian film company Sony Pictures Productions and Releasing (SPPR), which has released films such as Petrov's Flu on the big screens.
Principal photography took place in 2019 on the territory of Pushkinskiye Gory. The authorities of the Pskov Oblast provided direct assistance in choosing locations for the film.[5]