Lone Wolf
MovieTitle | Бирюк |
User score | 5 |
Release date | Nov 26, 1977 |
Genre | Drama |
Director | Roman Balayan |
Production country | Soviet Union |
Production companies | Dovzhenko Film Studios |
Run time | 77 min. |
Based on one of Turgenev's Hunter's Sketches: the Lone Wolf of the title is a forest caretaker for a flippant aristocrat. Though he lives in absolute misery in a hut deep in the woods with two small children to take care of, he's feared for his merciless stalking of the starving serfs who sneak in to cut firewood.