# Snake Catcher

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{{Infobox film
| name = Snake Catcher
| native_name = {{langx|ru|Змеелов}}
| image =Snake Catcher.jpg
| caption = 
| director = [Vadim Derbenyov](/source/%3Aru%3A%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%91%D0%B2%2C_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87)
| producer = Aleksandr Gurevich
| writer = [Lazar Karelin](/source/Lazar_Karelin)
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [Aleksandr Mikhaylov](/source/Aleksandr_Yakovlevich_Mikhailov)
* [Natalya Belokhvostikova](/source/Natalya_Belokhvostikova)
* [Leonid Markov](/source/Leonid_Markov)
* [Donatas Banionis](/source/Donatas_Banionis)
* [Lyubov Polishchuk](/source/Lyubov_Polishchuk)
}}
| music = {{Plainlist|
* [Vladimir Chernyshyov](/source/Vladimir_Chernyshyov)	
* [Gennadiy Nazarov](/source/Gennadiy_Nazarov)
}}
| cinematography = [Mikhail Agranovich](/source/Mikhail_Agranovich_(cinematographer))
| editing = R. Pesetskaya
| released = {{Film date|1985}}
| studio= [Mosfilm](/source/Mosfilm)
| runtime = 	96 min.
| country = [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union)
| language = Russian
| budget = 
}}
''' Snake Catcher''' ({{langx|ru|Змеелов|Zmeelov}}) is a 1985 Soviet drama film directed by [Vadim Derbenyov](/source/%3Aru%3A%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%91%D0%B2%2C_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87).<ref>[http://severnoebutovomedia.ru/news/moskovskie-novosti/mesyats-dvukh-aktris-v-kinoteatrakh-seti-moskino-besplatno-pokazhut-filmy-s-tatyanoy-samoylovoy-i-lyu/ Месяц двух актрис: в кинотеатрах сети «Москино» бесплатно покажут фильмы с Татьяной Самойловой и Любовью Полищук]</ref><ref>[https://sviblovo.mos.ru/presscenter/news/detail/7027590.html В «Сатурне» на Снежной покажут советское кино о чести]</ref><ref>[https://www.vladtime.ru/culture/517454 Умер режиссер «Змеелова» и «На углу, у Патриарших» Вадим Дербенев]</ref>

== Plot ==
The film tells about the former director of a large Moscow deli who ended up in a strict regime colony, and after leaving this began to fight criminals.<ref>[https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/45367/ Змеелов] // [КиноПоиск](/source/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA)</ref>

== Cast ==
* [Aleksandr Mikhaylov](/source/Aleksandr_Yakovlevich_Mikhailov) as Pavel Sergeevich Shorokhov
* [Natalya Belokhvostikova](/source/Natalya_Belokhvostikova) as Lena
* [Leonid Markov](/source/Leonid_Markov) as Pyotr Vasilievich Kotov
* [Donatas Banionis](/source/Donatas_Banionis) as Boris
* [Lyubov Polishchuk](/source/Lyubov_Polishchuk) as Vera
* [Svetlana Kryuchkova](/source/Svetlana_Nikolaevna_Kryuchkova)	 as Zina	
* [Leonid Kuravlyov](/source/Leonid_Kuravlyov)  as Konstantin
* [Galina Polskikh](/source/Galina_Polskikh) as Nina
* [Valentina Titova](/source/Valentina_Titova)	as Tamara
* [Viktor Shulgin](/source/Viktor_Shulgin) as Anatoly Semyonovich<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090375/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm Snake Catcher (1985) Full Cast / Crew]</ref>
* [Alexander Pyatkov](/source/Alexander_Pyatkov) as Stasik
* [Igor Starygin](/source/Igor_Starygin) as Boris's  the guarantor
== Awards ==
* [Soviet Screen](/source/Soviet_Screen) Award for Best Actor Year  ([Aleksandr Mikhaylov](/source/Aleksandr_Yakovlevich_Mikhailov))<ref>[https://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/movie/sov/2510/annot/  Змеелов] // kino-teatr.ru</ref>
==Critical response== 
Film critic [Alexander Fedorov](/source/Alexander_Victorovich_Fedorov)  notes in his review:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mediagram.ru/netcat_files/99/123/h_39e8ed53ca0d53a326e9f168923f69f2|title=Мини-кинорецензии разных лет 
|language=ru|last=Fedorov|first=Alexander |publisher=mediagram.ru|date=1985}}</ref>
<blockquote>In phantasmagoric black-and-white dreams, ingeniously filmed by cinematographer Mikhail Agranovich, one can catch echoes of the director's former poetic metaphors, but otherwise Vadim Derbenev tries to keep within the framework of the traditional genre of crime drama. Tries... But comes out superficial and boring.</blockquote>
== See also==
* [OBKhSS](/source/OBKhSS)
== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|id=0090375}}

Category:1985 films
Category:1985 Soviet films
Category:1985 Russian-language films
Category:Soviet crime drama films
Category:Russian-language crime drama films
Category:1985 crime drama films
Category:Mosfilm films
Category:Films based on Russian novels

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