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The Major
20136.71h 39m
Overview
On a cold winter’s day Sergey Sobolev, a major at the local police office, is driving to the hospital where his wife is about to give birth to their child. High from happiness, he’s driving too fast and runs down a boy on a passage walk, who dies. Now the major has only two options: go to prison or conceal the crime. Sobolev decides to compromise with his conscience and calls on a colleague to help him out. But the case turns out to be messy and when Sobolev finally changes his mind and tries to make up for his deed, it’s already too late…
Directed by Yury Bykov
Written by Yury Bykov
Produced by Alexei Uchitel
Box OfficeBudget: $2.0M0
Top Cast
Denis Shvedov
Sergey Sobolev
Irina Nizina
Irina Gutorova
Yury Bykov
Pavel Kroshunov - Pasha
Boris Nevzorov
Aleksey Pavlovich Pankratov
Kirill Poluhin
Burlakov
Dmitriy Kulichkov
Gutorov
Dmitry Kuryanov
Ilya Isaev
Anatoliy Merkulov
Vladislav Toldykov
truck's driver
P
Pavel Basov
second lieutenant
About The Major
The Major is a action, crime, drama film released in 2013. Directed by Yury Bykov, it stars Denis Shvedov, Irina Nizina, Yury Bykov. On a cold winter’s day Sergey Sobolev, a major at the local police office, is driving to the hospital where his wife is about to give birth to their child. High from happiness, he’s driving too fast and runs down a boy on a passage walk, who dies. Now the major has only two options: go to prison or conceal the crime. Sobolev decides to compromise with his conscience and calls on a colleague to help him out. But the case turns out to be messy and when Sobolev finally changes his mind and tries to make up for his deed, it’s already too late…
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