Saving Pushkin, also known as Saving Legacy () is a 2021 Russian war drama film directed by Igor Ugolnikov. The main roles were played by Sergey Bezrukov and Nastassja Kerbengen.
It was released on October 21, 2021 by Sony Pictures Productions and Releasing (SPPR).
Plot
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.
Cast
Sergey Bezrukov as Sergey Trofimov, rural left-hander
Nastassja Kerbengen as Frau Maria Schiller
Fyodor Bondarchuk as Bespalov, the commander of the partisan detachment
Igor Ugolnikov as Antipov, museum employee
Anastasiya Melnikova as Lyudmila Antipova, Antipov's wife
Mikhael Epp as Major Zangler
Anastasiya Butkova as Anisya, a resident of the village
Aleksey Nesterov as Amel
Igor Savochkin as Yegor, partisan
Dmitry Solomykin as Zangler's adjutant
Konstantin Fisenko as Dyoma, partisan
Andrey Gorbachev as Yupatov
Andrey Nekrasov as Voronin
Production
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.
Filming
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.