Guard Me, My Talisman

Guard Me, My Talisman — Plot

The setting for this off-beat drama of love and jealousy is the Pushkin Poetry Festival in Boldino. Liosha and his wife Tania are walking through the plush forest around Boldino when a mysterious figure pops up from behind a tree and asks the couple a question on an esoteric point of Pushkin scholarship. From that strange beginning, the man, whose name is Klimov, starts to ease himself into the couple's private space, and trouble ensues. Complementing this story is the festival itself, enactments of Pushkin's works, and emotional debates among the festival-goers over the meaning of his poetry.

• Release date
• August 31, 1986
• Runtime
• 74 min
• Genres
• Drama, Romance
• Director
• Roman Balayan

Guard Me, My Talisman — Cast

Oleg Yankovsky Алексей Петрович Дмитриев, журналист Tatyana Drubich Таня, жена Алексея Aleksandr Abdulov Анатолий Евгеньевич Климов Aleksandr Zbruev Дмитрий Alexander Adabashyan французский турист Bulat Okudzhava Himself Mikhail Kozakov Himself