Lone Wolf (1977)

Release Date: 1977-11-26
Runtime: 1h 17min
Production Company: Dovzhenko Film Studios
Production Country: Soviet Union
Director: Roman Balayan
Writer: Ivan Turgenev

Based on one of Turgenev's Hunter's Sketches: the Lone Wolf of the title is a forest caretaker for a flippant aristocrat. Though he lives in absolute misery in a hut deep in the woods with two small children to take care of, he's feared for his merciless stalking of the starving serfs who sneak in to cut firewood.