Russian actor Mikhail Efremov will perform his first role
Russian actor Mikhail Efremov will perform his first role after release from prison in the film 'Father'. Actor Mikhail Efremov will play the lead role in the film 'Father'.
Consensus
- Mikhail Efremov will play the main role in the film 'Otec. Eshe otek'.
- This is Efremov's first film role after his release from prison in April 2025.
- The film was presented at a pitching event of the Cinema Foundation held at the Ministry of Culture.
- The genre of the film is comedy-drama.
- The director of the film is Alexander Barshak.
- The budget of the film is 130 million rubles.
- Danila Kozlovsky will play one of the main roles in the film.
- Other cast members include Adam Kumayev, Anya Chipovskaya, Ivan Zamotayev, Pavel Derewyanenko, and Irina Bezrukova.
- The distributor of the film is 'NMG Kinoprokat'.
- Efremov was released from prison conditionally in April 2025 after serving over four years of an eight-year sentence for a fatal traffic accident in September 2020.
Points of divergence
- Efremov was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison, and he served 4.5 years before being released on parole in April 2025. — gazeta_spb
- The court initially sentenced Efremov to eight years in prison; he was released on parole on March 25, 2026, and made his stage debut on that date. — vm
- Efremov's conditional release was approved in June 2025, with the decision taking effect on April 9, 2025; he left the correctional facility on that day. The president of Russia expressed doubts about Efremov’s return to stage work. — vedomosti
- Efremov was conditionally released in April 2025 and served more than four years out of eight; he made his first post-prison stage appearance in February 2026. — kommersant
- Efremov returned to the theater in March 2026, performing in 'Bez svyedetelей' at Nikita Mikhalkov's 'Masterstvo 12'. — fontanka
Coverage (5 sources)
- Mikhail Efremov to star in first film after release from prison - SPb Gazeta news — Gazeta.SPb
- Mikhail Efremov will play a role in the film for the first time after release from prison — Вечерняя Москва
- Actor Mikhail Efremov gets a role in the first film after prison — Фонтанка
- Mikhail Efremov will play one of the main roles in the film 'Father. Father Again' — Ведомости
- Mikhail Efremov will perform his first role after release from prison in a film — Коммерсантъ
Key entities
- Mikhail Efremov
- Ministry of Culture
- Film Fund
- Aleksandr Barshak
- Danyil Kozlovsky
- Russia
- Kommersant
- Saint Petersburg
- SPB RU News Newspaper