The Major
Yury BykovCast
Denis Shvedov Irina Nizina Ilya Isaev Yuriy Bykov Kirill Polukhin Dmitriy Kulichkov
Credits
Written by: Yuriy Bykov
Plot
On a cold winter’s day Sergey Sobolev, a major at the local police office, is driving to the hospital where his wife is about to give birth to their child. High from happiness, he’s driving too fast and runs down a boy on a passage walk, who dies.
Sinekatalog’s take
The Major (2013) is a Russian action film directed by Yury Bykov. It won the Golden Goblet for Best Feature Film at the Shanghai International Film Festival in 2013. It stars Denis Shvedov, Irina Nizina and Yury Bykov. It runs 99 minutes. It is listed here for its festival and awards record.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.2 / 10 (5,400 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.