Egor Polushkin (Stanislav Lyubshin) is a kind-hearted, nature loving, artistic family man who is living in a small village. To his neighbors and even his wife (Nina Ruslanova) he is a walking disaster, so they frown at him and call him Bedonosec (engl. misfortune bearer). Only Egors son (Viktor Anisimov) shares his enthusiasm for the beautiful things of live. As Egor becomes the new forest ranger, this new position brings him not only joy, but it is also the source of great suffering to come, as his fondness for the living nature and especially the newly acquired white swans is in conflict with the interests of others...
Acting
Lyubshin's heartbreaking fragility as Egor.
Cinematography
Lyrical Russian landscapes that betray their beauty.
Director
Rodion Nahapetov
Stanislav Lyubshin
Egor Polushkin
Nina Ruslanova
Haritina Makarovna (Egor's wife)
Vera Glagoleva
Nonna Jur'evna
Ivars Kalnins
Chuvalov
Grigoriy Shpigel
Grigoriy Iozerovitch
Lyubov Sokolova
Rabotnik zooparka
Vladimir Zamanskiy
Mikhail Matveevitch
Iren Azer
Ira
Viktor Anisimov
Kolya Polushkin
Nikolai Karnaukhov
Sazanov
Anatoly Vedyonkin
Passazhir
Alla Maykova
Alla
Anastasia Rapoport
Katya
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
A late Soviet era critique of collective mentality crushing individual spirit—subtle enough to pass censors, devastating enough to outlast the USSR.
The title's command becomes ironic: the swans are shot metaphorically long before any literal violence, through systematic indifference.
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