| Tracker | |
| Director: | Roman Balayan |
| Starring: | Oleg Yankovsky Yelena Safonova Aleksandr Vokach |
| Language: | Russian |
| Country: | Soviet Union |
| Runtime: | 83 minutes |
| Studio: | Dovzhenko Film Studios |
| Music: | Vadim Khrapachov |
| Cinematography: | Bogdan Verzhbitsky Vasily Trushkovsky |
| Editing: | Yelena Lukashenko |
Tracker (ru|link=no| Филёр) is a Soviet feature film, a war drama directed by Roman Balayan.[1] The film was shot in 1987 in Kaluga.[2]
It's 1916, World War I, the premonition of the revolution. Vorobyov, a gymnasium teacher, retires from service in protest at the dismissal of revolutionary-minded teachers, although he does not share their views. He remains without means of subsistence – there is nothing to pay for a rented apartment, he has a sick child who needs to be treated in the Crimea. Vorobyov is looking for work, even the worst, just to pay money.The gendarmerie offers him to become a filer (spy, secret observer), cooperate with them and report all the unreliable people. Vorobyov faces a monstrous choice – or become a snitch, or remain an honest man without a livelihood. The impossibility of going out makes him commit suicide.