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The Geographer Drank His Globe Away

The Geographer Drank His Globe Away

20136.72h 0m

Overview

Victor Sluzhkin signs on as a teacher of geography in a secondary school in his native Perm (in the Urals) and gets lost in a haze of hard vodka, desperate love for a nymphet-like student and the stress of educating teenagers. Geographer, as the students immediately dub Sluzhkin, attempts to escape from the grueling, dull, stultifying reality of Russia's provincial life in a rafting tour to the Urals. Accompanied by wild, adventure-seeking adolescents, faced with the numerous grim surprises of the nature, Geographer is poised to find himself and his own truth.

Directed by Alexandr Veledinsky
Written by Aleksei Ivanov, Valery Todorovsky, Alexandr Veledinsky
Produced by Leonid Lebedev, Valery Todorovsky, Vadim Goryainov
Box Office0Revenue: $4.0M

Top Cast

Konstantin Khabenskiy

Konstantin Khabenskiy

Viktor Sluzhkin

Elena Lyadova

Elena Lyadova

Nadya

Aleksandr Robak

Aleksandr Robak

Budkin

Agrippina Steklova

Agrippina Steklova

Roza Borisovna

Andrey Prytkov

Andrey Prytkov

Gradusov

Anfisa Chernykh

Anfisa Chernykh

Masha

Evgeniya Kregzhde

Evgeniya Kregzhde

Sashenka

Alla Mezentseva

Alla Mezentseva

Evgenia Brik

Evgenia Brik

Kira

Anna Ukolova

Anna Ukolova

Branch

Themes & Keywords

daughteradulteryfriendshipalcoholwifeprovincerivercampingcanoealcoholismschoolteachingschoolboygeographykama

About The Geographer Drank His Globe Away

The Geographer Drank His Globe Away is a drama film released in 2013 exploring themes of daughter, adultery, friendship, alcohol, wife, province. Directed by Alexandr Veledinsky, it stars Konstantin Khabenskiy, Elena Lyadova, Aleksandr Robak. Victor Sluzhkin signs on as a teacher of geography in a secondary school in his native Perm (in the Urals) and gets lost in a haze of hard vodka, desperate love for a nymphet-like student and the stress of educating teenagers. Geographer, as the students immediately dub Sluzhkin, attempts to escape from the grueling, dull, stultifying reality of Russia's provincial life in a rafting tour to the Urals. Accompanied by wild, adventure-seeking adolescents, faced with the numerous grim surprises of the nature, Geographer is poised to find himself and his own truth.

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