Black Lightning (film)
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Black Lightning is a 2009 Russian action-adventure sci-fi film directed by Alexandr Voitinsky and Dmitry Kiseliov, and produced by Timur Bekmambetov
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, and a poor family's son and friend of Maxim (Ivan Zhidkov), a wealthy young student owner of a fancy Mercedes. Jealous of his friend, he asks his parents for a car. His birthday arrives and he has the surprise of his life when his father (Sergei Garmash
) gives him a car. Unfortunately for him, isn't the car of his dreams: an old GAZ 21 Volga
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Ashamed by the car, he just makes use of the vehicle to drive to the next tramway stop for going to the university until one day he discovers the Volga is able to fly.
Timur Bekmambetov
Timur Nuruakhitovich Bekmambetov is a Kazakh-born director, producer and screenwriter who has worked on films and commercials. He is mostly popular for the Russian film Night Watch and its sequel Day Watch , and the American film Wanted .-Early life:Bekmambetov was born on June 25, 1961 in the...
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Plot
Dmitry Maykov (Grigori Dobrigin) is a student of the Moscow State UniversityMoscow State University
Lomonosov Moscow State University , previously known as Lomonosov University or MSU , is the largest university in Russia. Founded in 1755, it also claims to be one of the oldest university in Russia and to have the tallest educational building in the world. Its current rector is Viktor Sadovnichiy...
, and a poor family's son and friend of Maxim (Ivan Zhidkov), a wealthy young student owner of a fancy Mercedes. Jealous of his friend, he asks his parents for a car. His birthday arrives and he has the surprise of his life when his father (Sergei Garmash
Sergei Garmash
Sergei Leonidovich Garmash is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actor of Ukrainian origin. He is a People's Artist of Russia.-Filmography:* Stalingrad, 1989* 12, 2007* Katyń, 2007...
) gives him a car. Unfortunately for him, isn't the car of his dreams: an old GAZ 21 Volga
GAZ-21
The GAZ M21 Volga, the first car to carry the Volga name, was developed in the early 1950s. Volgas were built to last in the harsh climate and rough roads of the Soviet Union, with high ground clearance , rugged suspension, strong and forgiving engine, and rustproofing on a...
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Ashamed by the car, he just makes use of the vehicle to drive to the next tramway stop for going to the university until one day he discovers the Volga is able to fly.
Cast
- Grigori Dobrigin as Dmitriy Maykov/Black Lightning
- Ekaterina Vilkova as Nastya Svetlova
- Viktor VerzhbitskyViktor VerzhbitskyViktor Verzhbitsky, born 21 September 1959, in Tashkent, Soviet Union . Viktor is well known for playing the role of Zavulon in the 2004 film Night Watch and it's 2006 sequel Day Watch. He has been relatively active as an actor on both the small screen and large screen since 1994 when he starred in...
as Pr. Viktor Kuptsov - Sergei GarmashSergei GarmashSergei Leonidovich Garmash is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actor of Ukrainian origin. He is a People's Artist of Russia.-Filmography:* Stalingrad, 1989* 12, 2007* Katyń, 2007...
as Pavel Maykov (Dmitry's father) - Elena Valyushkina as Nastasia Maykova (Dmitry's mother)
- Katia Starshova as Tania Maykova (Dmitry's sister)
- Ivan Zhidkov as Maxim
- Igor Savochkin as Boria Ivanovich
- Valeri ZolotukhinValeri ZolotukhinValeri Sergeevich Zolotukhin is a Soviet/Russian theatrical and cinema actor, People's Artist of Russia.Best known as Bumbarash from the 1971 film with the same name.Featured in Night Watch and Day Watch .-Filmography:...
as Pavel Perepelkin - Ekaterina Vasilieva as Olga Romantseva
- Juosas Budraitis as Mikhail Elizarov
- Dato Bakhtadze as Bahram Mamedovich
- Mikhail EfremovMikhail Olegovich YefremovMikhail Olegovich Yefremov is a Russian film and stage actor, Meritorious Artist of Russian Federation ....
as the Drunk guy