Pawnshop (film)

Pawnshop Ломбард
Screenshot from the movie
Directed by	Liubomyr Levytskyi
Produced by	Andriy Savenko
Written by	Liubomyr Levytskyi
Music by	Yuriy Hrom
Cinematography	Oleksiy Khoroshko
Distributed by	B&H Film Distribution Company
Release dates	2013 (Ukraine)
Running time	90 min.
Language	Ukrainian
Budget	$ 3 000 000

Pawnshop (Ukrainian: «Ломбард») is a adventure and crime film directed by Liubomyr Levytskyi. The premiere took place in Ukraine on 19 September 2013.

Plot

The scene takes place in the present in the abstract city of Lemberg. The picture consists of three storylines that are cleverly intertwined. The main characters — two Lembergian guys, Mark and Yasha (Denys Nikiforov and Pavlo Piskun), know the street and know how to get everything you need for life. Mark called a noble bandit, and Yasha, on the contrary, everything is decided with the help of intelligence. Passing difficult twists and turns in his youth, the brothers begin to look for stability. It was one of those days they get the news of the inheritance. Them is known in a pawn shop and its owner at the moment is their uncle Felix. Arriving at the pawn shop for their guys receive a sharp rebuff. Mark and Yasha decide: any way to get the inheritance. Their opinions differ, and each comes up with his plan...

Cast

• Denys Nikiforov as Mark Levin
• Pavlo Piskun as Yasha Levine
• Denys Dadaiev as "Aspirin"
• Valeriy Lehin as Uncle Felix
• Andriy Burym as a collector
• Olha Storozhuk as Rita
• Vasylisa Frolova as a jeweler
• Ihor Hniezdilov
• Serhiy Romaniuk as policeman
• Kostiantyn Koretskyi as Bob
• Serhiy Stakhov as Hopnyk
• Anatoliy Zinovenko
• Maksym Pankov as Michael, collector
• Volodymyr Beliaiev as crime boss
• Anatoliy Pryimak as bandit from brigade Mark
• Serhiy Shliahtych as policeman
• Olena Musiyenko
• Vitaliy Anisimov
• Alina Zavalska (only in the Director's version)

Interesting facts

• The film was shot in Lviv and Kyiv.^[1]
• Liubomyr Levytskyi wrote the screenplay for 14 months.^[2]
• Denys Nikiforov refused to attend the film premiere in Kyiv, when he learned that the film for distribution in Ukraine has been dubbed in Ukrainian ^[3]

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