Limit (movie)

When in 1977 these guys came to Moscow from Pyatigorsk , for two they had 160 rubles and a can of cornel jam. And Muscovites at the meeting contemptuously called them the "limit".

Years passed, and the brilliant abilities of the young children were realized. One (Misha) became a bank employee, encrypting all the documentation on a computer , the second (Ivan) became a hacker - a criminal who could not resist a single computer riddle. Fulfilling the tasks of “ mafia structures ”, penetrating the banking network, Ivan helped customers to rob , which earned him unquestioned authority in the criminal world. He realized that everything was accessible to him and everything was subject to him: he learned how to throw money right and left, he even bought himself a whole water stadium , just like that ... But he could not save his friend Misha ...

• Vladimir Mashkov - Ivan Voroshilov
• Evgeny Mironov - Misha Vulakh
• Kristina Orbakaite - Katya
• Maxim Sukhanov - Sergey Sergeevich Makarov
• Maria Lipkina
• Julia Sidorova - Nora
• Alexander Kahun
• Sergey Gazarov - producer
• Irina Apeksimova - Natasha
• Igor Wernick

• Script writer: Irakli Kvirikadze , Peter Lutsik , Alexey Samoryadov
• Director: Denis Evstigneev
• Operator: Sergey Kozlov
• Artists: Pavel Kaplevich , Nikolai Mayorov
• Composer: Eduard Artemyev
• Recording music: Vladimir Vinogradov
• State Symphony Orchestra of Cinematography
  • Conductor: Sergey Skrypka
• Second Director: Tamara Vladimirtseva
• Choreography: Alla Sigalova
• Producer: Sergey Mazharov
• Director of the film: Eric Weisberg

1994 - Nika Winner in the categories:

• Best Screenplay: Irakli Kvirikadze , Peter Lutsik , Alexey Samoryadov
• Best music for the film: Eduard Artemyev
• Best Actor: Evgeny Mironov

1994 - Kinotavr Winner in the category:

• Presidential Council Special Debut Award: Denis Evstigneev

• One of the scenes of the film was shot on September 23, 1993, on the second day after Decree N 1400 “On Phased Constitutional Reform of the Russian Federation”, which led to the confrontation between President Boris Yeltsin and the Supreme Council of the Russian Federation.

In those days, when the confrontation could go from political to military, the scene of “Limit” was shot on Kalininsky Prospekt, where the building was supposed to burn according to the script. This is how the Post-Factum news agency reported the incident:

“19.00. In the area of ​​Krasnopresnenskaya embankment, a column of smoke rises upward, giving the impression of a fire near the building of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. On Free Russia Square, correspondents observed how opposite the house number 34 on Kalininsky Prospekt, the film was shot by the young director Denis Evstigneev “VIP”. According to the plot, one of the characters in the film sets fire to his office in order to get insurance. ”

• The original title of the film is VIP.

• "Limit" on the site "Encyclopedia of domestic cinema"
• Gleb Pavlovskaya. October 1993. Chronicle of the coup Printed edition - “XX Century and Peace”