Pravednik

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Pravednik
Tzadik
Theatrical release poster
EnglishTzadik
Directed bySergei Ursuliak
Written byGennady Ostrovsky
Produced by
  • Anton Zlatopolsky
  • Timur Weinstein
  • Leonid Vereschagin
  • Nikita Mikhalkov
  • Mariya Ushakova
  • Vadim Vereshchagin
  • Yuliya Sumachyova
Starring
CinematographyMikhail Milashin
Music byVasily Tonkovidov
Production
companies
Distributed byCentral Partnership
Release date
  • February 16, 2023 (2023-02-16) (Russia)
Running time
163 minutes
CountryRussia
LanguagesRussian, Hebrew, Yiddish, English
Budget₽719 million
Box office

Pravednik or Tzadik in English (

Nazis
in World War II.

This film was theatrically released on February 16, 2023.

Plot

The film takes place in 1942, during the

Hitler had declared Belarus a Jew-free (judenfrei) territory. The emaciated people, tormented by hunger and fear, who had lost their relatives and had almost lost their minds from the horror they experienced, would have to walk hundreds of kilometres through the forest paths to recover the faith and hope of a better world.[6]

Cast

  • Aleksandr Yatsenko as Captain Nikolay Kiselyov (soldier), Red Army officer, commander of a partisan detachment (Nikolai Kiselev in English)
  • Sergei Makovetsky as Ruvim Yankel
  • Fyodor Dobronravov as Voronyansky, commander of the partisan detachment People's Avengers
  • Yevgeny Tkachuk as Nikishin (Ferz)
  • Doval'e Glickman
    as Moshe Tal
    • Mark Eidelstein
      as Moshe Tal in his youth
  • Yuliya Vetruk as Lyubov
  • Lyubov Konstantinova as Anna Sirotina
  • Maria Zolotukhina as Tova Lipnitskaya
  • Ronald Pelin as Yoni Hirschmann
  • Konstantin Khabensky as Avigdor
  • Chulpan Khamatova as Rita

Production

The film was directed by Sergei Ursuliak.[7]

It was a joint production of WeiT Media, Central Partnership, Nikita Mikhalkov's Studio TriTe, and the Russia-1 TV channel, with the support of the Cinema Fund and the Kievskaya Ploshchad Group of Companies.

Filming locations

Minsk Region in Belarus, the cities of Saint Petersburg, Vyborg, and Leningrad Oblast
in Russia, and in Israel. In Belarus, the film team worked exactly in those places where historical events unfolded.

Release

On February 8, 2023, the premiere of the film took place at the Karo 11 October cinema center on

Russian Federation on February 16, 2023 by Central Partnership.[9][10]

Reception

The film enjoyed great success at the box office.[3][7][11]

References

  1. Russian Cinema Fund
    `s Analytics (RCFA). Accessed August 2, 2023.
  2. ^ "Pravednik (Праведник) (2023) - Financial Information".
  3. ^ a b "Drama "Righteous" breaks box office records in Russia and the CIS over the weekend". News Unrolled. February 27, 2023. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
  4. Russian Gazette
    (in Russian).
  5. ^ Сергей Урсуляк снимает фильм о политруке Киселеве, спасшем десятки евреев
  6. ^ "Праведник (2023)". kinoafisha.info (in Russian).
  7. ^ a b "The lead actor "The Righteous" hits the box office in Russia and the CIS over the weekend". News Unrolled. February 20, 2023. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
  8. ^ "В Москве прошла звездная премьера фильма «Праведник»" [The star premiere of the film The Righteous took place in Moscow]. RIA Novosti (in Russian). February 9, 2023.
  9. ^ "Tzadik (2023)". afisha.ru (in Russian).
  10. ^ "В Санкт-Петербурге прошла премьера фильма Сергея Урсуляка «Праведник»". Vesti.ru. February 15, 2023. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  11. ^ ""The Righteous" topped the Russian film distribution on the weekend". Oops Top. February 20, 2023. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pravednik&oldid=1271874498"