Tracker (1987 film)

Tracker (Филёр) is a Soviet feature film, a war drama directed by Roman Balayan. The film was shot in 1987 in Kaluga.

Plot
It's 1916, World War I, the premonition of the revolution. Vorobyov, a gymnasium teacher, retires from service in protest at the dismissal of revolutionary-minded teachers, although he does not share their views. He remains without means of subsistence – there is nothing to pay for a rented apartment, he has a sick child who needs to be treated in the Crimea. Vorobyov is looking for work, even the worst, just to pay money. The gendarmerie offers him to become a filer (spy, secret observer), cooperate with them and report all the unreliable people. Vorobyov faces a monstrous choice – or become a snitch, or remain an honest man without a livelihood. The impossibility of going out makes him commit suicide.

Cast

 * Oleg Yankovsky as Pyotr Vorobyov
 * Yelena Safonova as Nastya, Vorobyov's wife
 * Aleksandr Vokach as Head of the Gendarme Department
 * Oleksiy Gorbunov as Lavrentiev, gendarme lieutenant
 * Aleksandr Zbruyev as Yakov Pyatkin
 * Olga Ostroumova as Nina
 * Filipp Yankovsky as episode
 * Aleksandr Abdulov as Vanya
 * Bohdan Beniuk as Janitor
 * Igor Gnevashev as episode

Awards

 * 1988 – Prize to Oleg Yankovsky for the best performance of the male role at the Seminci (Spain)