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2018·N-13

Dovlatov

Drama2h 6m

🍅80%

🍅

80%

Tomatometer

🍿

54%

Popcornmeter

5.9

TMDB

Storyline

Dovlatov charts six days in the life of a brilliant, ironic writer who saw far beyond the rigid limits of 70s Soviet Russia. Sergei Dovlatov fought to preserve his own talent and decency with poet and writer Joseph Brodsky, while watching his artist friends got crushed by the iron-willed state machinery.

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Details

DirectorAleksei German Jr.

ReleasedFeb 27, 2018

StatusReleased

Original languageRussian

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideN-13LT

Studios

MetraFilmsArt and Pop CornMessage FilmSAGa

Eurimages

Channel One

Cast

Milan Marić

Milan Marić

Sergei Dovlatov

Danila Kozlovsky

Danila Kozlovsky

David

Helena Sujecka

Helena Sujecka

Elena Dovlatova

Eva Gerr

Eva Gerr

Katya Dovlatova

Arthur Beschastny

Arthur Beschastny

Iosif Brodskiy

Anton Shagin

Anton Shagin

Anton Kuznetsov

Svetlana Khodchenkova

Svetlana Khodchenkova

Actress - Dovlatov's friend

Elena Lyadova

Elena Lyadova

Young editor

Igor Mityushkin

Igor Mityushkin

Sholom Shvarts - artist

Piotr Gąsowski

Piotr Gąsowski

Semyon Aleksandrovich

Tamara Oganesyan

Tamara Oganesyan

Nora Dovlatova - Sergei Dovlatov mother

Anna Ekaterininskaya

Anna Ekaterininskaya

Deputy director of the plant

Where to watch(NG)

Stream

Netflix

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Reviews

7 reviews · 6 critics

5 fresh · 1 rotten

B

Ben Sachs

RTChicago ReaderNov 30, 2018

Dovlatov takes the novel approach of dramatizing just six days in the protagonist's life. And where traditional biopics devote at least some time to the subjects' creative achievements, Dovlatov is concerned exclusively with the hero's failures.

T

Tomris Laffly

RTRogerEbert.comOct 26, 2018

[An] aimless period drama.

G

Gary Goldstein

RTLos Angeles TimesOct 24, 2018

An unusually entertaining bio-drama covering six days in the life of beleaguered Russian writer Sergei Dovlatov.

C

CJ Sheu

RTReview Film ReviewJul 1, 2020

[T]hese artists of various mediums offer solace and support to each other via solidarity against the ostensibly solidarity-focused aesthetic regime of Soviet Realism.

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Information

Title

Dovlatov

Released

Feb 27, 2018

Rated

N-13

Region of Origin

Poland, Russia

Original Audio

Russian

Runtime

2h 6m

Status

Released

Studios

MetraFilms, Art and Pop Corn

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