Film

The Hustler

2026 · 1h 36m · Drama

Two up-and-coming friends, seeing themselves as the future elite of the new world, oligarchs, they sign up for a major deal, but it turns out that they have been drawn into a massive embezzlement scheme involving billions from the treasury. After his arrest, Andrei ends up in an overcrowded communal cell, a purgatory where he must transform himself into a different person in order to survive and return back to the real world, to his family.

Alexander Petrov

Andrey Rubanov

Elizaveta Bazykina

Irma

Mikhail Troynik

Mikhail Moroz

Nikita Pavlenko

Johnny

Dmitry Kuznetsov

Slava

Dmitry Kolchin

Shtein

Ivan Fominov

Slon

Karen Badalov

Pharmacist

Sofya Arzhanykh

Anchorwoman

Arthur Ivanov

Khvatov

Dmitry Melnikov

Operative

Anton Makukha

Slim

Vladimir Zolotilov

Prisoner

Artyom Bolshunov

Vedushchiy

Pavel Chernyavskiy

Prokuror

Aleksey Chernyshev

Clerk

• Fedor KravchukDirector · Screenplay
• Nikita KravchukDirector · Screenplay
• Andrey RubanovNovel
• Irina ZernovaProducer
• Igor KorotkovProducer
• Dmitry AntimonovProducer
• Svetlana OleynikovaProducer
• Irina Shcherbovich-VecherProducer
• Vladimir MalyshevExecutive Producer
• Ivan GolomovzyukExecutive Producer

Release date

April 23, 2026

Status

Released

Original language

Russian

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

18+

Revenue

$3,068,740

Genres

Drama