The Stringer
Running Time : 92 minutes
Cast
| Vadik Chernyshov | Sergei Bodrov Junior |
| Helen | Anna Friel |
| Yarvovsky | Vladimir Ilyin |
| John | Robert Knepper |
| Mother | Anna Kanonkova |
| Mitvaquin | Leonid Kuraviyov |
| Lycahn | Alexei Khardikov |
| Kostik | Alexei Shevchenkov |
| "The Fly" | Alexander Yesaulov |
| Masha | Alisa Kallnova |
| Oleg | Denis Karasyer |
| Sveta | Anna Yanovskaya |
| Masha's boss | Georgy Chanturia |
| Boss Assitant | Alexander Kochubei |
| Lily | Masha Slonim |
Crew
| Director | Paul Pawlikowski |
| Producer | Fiona Morham |
| Executive Producers | Charles Pattinson, George Faber, David M. Thompson |
| Screenplay | Paul Pawlikowski, Gennadi Ostrovsky |
| Director of Photography | Witold Stok BSC |
| Editor | Bill Diver |
| Music | Zdzislaw Szostak |
| UK Crew | |
| Script Editors | Robyn Slovo, Miriam Segal |
| Production Assistant | Julia Webb |
| Assistant Directors | Mary Soan, Mike Savage |
| Production Executive for BBC | Jane Hawley |
| Russian Crew | |
| Line Producer | Sergei Gurovich |
| Casting Director | Katalia Krinanskaya |
| Assistant Directors | Yuri Kriutchkov, Eugene Degtyarenko |
| Production Co-Ordinator | Alexander Zelenkov |
| Production Designer | Vladimir Mirrin |
| Costume Designer | Marian Ananyora |
| Make-up Artist | Irvina Sarkisova |
| Polish Crew |
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| Executive Producer | Valdamar Krol |
| Assistant Directors | Janusz Blasrczyk |
| Additional Photography | Tomasz Matuslak |
| Designer | Andrej Ranlaw |
| Production Company | Pepper Pictures |
| Anna Friel's Armani glasses by | Luxottica |
Story Synopsis:
Vadik is an ambitious Moscow teenager struggling to survive the newly fragmented Russia when he falls in love with Helen, a Western news journalist, and vows to go to any lengths to get her. Armed with his video camera, Vadik records, and sometimes even creates anything he thinks could be classified as 'news', including footage of a fake attempted assassination of washed-up politician, Yavorsky.
By filming his increasingly desperate publicity stunts, Vadik is adopted by Yavorsky as the only means to revive his flagging career. Vadik is more than willing to help Yavorsky - every futile effort they make to get Yavorsky on TV brings Vadik back in contact with Helen. But does the apprentice stringer understand that his new friends may only want him for what he can do for them?