Onegin (2024 film)

Onegin (Онегин) is a 2024 Russian historical romance film directed by Sarik Andreasyan, an adaptation of the novel in verse Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin. The film stars Viktor Dobronravov, Denis Prytkov, Yelizaveta Moryak, Tatyana Sabinova, Alyona Khmelnitskaya, and Tatyana Lyutaeva in supporting roles.

Onegin was theatrically released in Russia on March 7, 2024, by Cinema Atmosphere Film Distribution.

Plot
Yevgeny Onegin has a luxurious life, which suddenly tired him. Suddenly he finds out about his uncle's illness and he goes to his village, where he discovers that his uncle is dead. However, Yevgeny was not upset, because his uncle was rich and Yevgeny is his only heir.

Cast

 * Viktor Dobronravov as Eugene Onegin (also tr. Yevgeny Onegin)
 * Denis Prytkov as Vladimir Lensky
 * Yelizaveta "Liza" Moryak as Tatiana Larina (also tr. Tatyana Larina)
 * Tatyana Sabinova as Olga Larina
 * Alyona Khmelnitskaya as Praskovya Larina, Olga Larina and Tatiana Larina's mother
 * Tatyana Lyutaeva as Princess Alina
 * Olga Tumaykina as Madame Skotinina
 * Oleg Kamenshchikov as a salesman
 * Vladimir Vdovichenkov as narrator (author's voice)
 * Aleksandr Yatsko as Prince
 * Svetlana Nemolyaeva as Nannya Filipyevna, Tatiana Larina's nanny
 * Sergey Stepin as Prokhor
 * Aleksey Grishin as Zaretsky
 * Yuri Chulkov as Flyanov, retired adviser
 * Karen Badalov as Guillot, a Frenchman
 * Alina Goldenberg as Larina's maid
 * Vadim Andreyev as Pustyakov, Larina's neighbor
 * Aleksandr Razbash as Gvozdin, Larina's neighbor

Production
The director did not want to use a large number of special effects, so it was decided to make the filming as real as possible and move it to places that Pushkin himself actually visited. Filming took place in 2023 in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, among the locations you can see the Pevchesky Bridge, the Sukhanovo estate, and the Great Gatchina Palace.

"According to Sarik Andreasyan, it turned out to be impossible to stylize the poetry of Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin under prose, because the characters of the novel speak a language 'unaffordable for the modern ear', and the screenwriters found a solution thanks to which the poems will sound natural in the frame."