Hero of Our Time
Russian: Герой нашего времени
Directed by	Stanislav Rostotsky
Written by	Stanislav Rostotsky Mikhail Lermontov
Produced by	Victor Frejlich
Starring	Vladimir Ivashov Aleksey Chernov Silvia Berova Svetlana Svetlichnaya Aleksandr Orlov Nikolay Burlyaev
Cinematography	Yuri Postnikov Vyacheslav Shumskiy
Edited by	Valentina Mironova
Music by	Kirill Molchanov
Production company	Gorky Film Studio
Release date	1966
Running time	185 min.
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Hero of Our Time (Russian: Герой нашего времени, romanized: Geroy nashego vremeni) is a 1966 Soviet drama film directed by Stanislav Rostotsky.^[1][2][3]

Plot

The film is an adaptation of the eponymous novel by Mikhail Lermontov.^[4]

Cast

• Vladimir Ivashov as Pechorin (voiced by Vyacheslav Tikhonov)
• Aleksey Chernov as Maksim Maksimovich
• Silvia Berova as Bela
• Svetlana Svetlichnaya as Undine
• Aleksandr Orlov as Young Officer
• Nikolay Burlyaev as Blind man
• Sofiya Pilyavskaya as Old Woman
• Stanislav Khitrov as Pechorin's Servant
• Boris Savchenko as Yanko^[5]

Critical response

Film critic Mikhail Bleiman in Iskusstvo Kino observed:^[6]

On the screen, there are simply illustrations for individual episodes of the novel, sometimes simplified, sometimes cinematically embellished. We did not see dramas of a strong character in an insignificant time.