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Eastern Promises

Year:

2007

Duration:

100 min | Canada:96 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Genres:

Crime | Mystery | Thriller

IMDB rate:

7.7

Director:

David Cronenberg

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 31 wins & 59 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2007-09-21

Filming Locations: Broadway Market, Hackney, London, England, UK

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $547,092 (USA) (16 September 2007)

Gross: $16,866,286 (USA) (21 October 2007)

Cast

Actor

Character

Viggo Mortensen

Eastern Promises

Josef Altin

Ekrem

Mina E. Mina

Azim

Aleksandar Mikic

Soyka

Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse

Tatiana

Lalita Ahmed

Customer

Badi Uzzaman

Chemist

Naomi Watts

Anna

Doña Croll

Nurse (as Dona Croll)

Raza Jaffrey

Doctor Aziz

Sinéad Cusack

Helen

Jerzy Skolimowski

Stepan

Tatiana Maslany

Tatiana

Vincent Cassel

Kirill

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Semyon

Shannon-Fleur Roux

Maria

Lillibet Langley

Violin Girl

Mia Soteriou

Azim's Wife

Radoslaw Kaim

Head Waiter (as Rad Kaim)

Donald Sumpter

Yuri

Rhodri Miles

Senior Officer

Tereza Srbová

Kirilenko

Elisa Lasowski

Prostitute

Cristina Catalina

Prostitute (as Christina Catalina)

Alice Henley

Prostitute

Faton Gerbeshi

Pimp

David Papava

Chechen

Tamer Hassan

Chechen

Gergo Danka

Junior Waiter

Michael Sarne

Valery (as Mike Sarne)

Boris Isarov

Russian Boss

Yuri Klimov

Russian Boss

Andrzej Borkowski

The Gypsy

Olegar Fedoro

Tattooist

Diane Beck

Nurse (uncredited)

Morne Botes

Vespa Rider

Tony Cook

Football Hooligan (uncredited)

James Fiddy

Football Supporter (uncredited)

Tatiana Lavrentieva

Mafia's Wife (uncredited)

Wayne Morgan-Williams

Football Hooligan (uncredited)

Anna Pernicci

Sonya (uncredited)

Robert Roman Ratajczak

Football Fan (uncredited)

Rebecca Reid

Prostitute (uncredited)

Peter Rnic

Fingers (uncredited)

John Warman

Policeman (uncredited)

Chris Wilson

Paramedic (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

For the bathhouse fight scene, the scene was choreographed with the actors (not stuntmen), the actors had to train in specific fighting styles chosen for their characters and it took two days to shoot on location in London. According to the DVD commentary, both Mortensen and Cronenberg agreed that Nikolai had to fight his would-be killers completely nude.

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One day after shooting, Viggo Mortensen went to a pub without washing off his tattoos or even changing out of his costume. He claims that some of the patrons became very frightened of him, assuming he was a real member of Vory v Zakone.

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The nine actors in the Fellowship in Lord of the Rings all got tattoos that said "the nine" in elvish. Even though they promised not to show them on camera, Viggo Mortensen's elvish tattoo is visible on his left shoulder in the scenes where he has no shirt

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Goofs

After Anna and Nikolai rescue the baby, Nikolai and Kyrill leave together. Anna is left holding the baby, having only a motorbike as transport.

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As Semyon is pouring Vodka into the ice bucket the camera and lights on the set are clearly seen reflecting off the shined, metal, rim of the ice bucket.

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In the end credits, "Make up" is listed as "Maek up" at one point.

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Quotes

Anna: So you've read the diary. How can you keep doing what you're doing?

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Semyon: So, you know where I am... and now I know where you are, Anna Ivanovna.

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Anna: Why are you doing this, why are you helping us?

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Faq

Is 'Eastern Promises' based on a book?

Eastern Promises was filmed from an original screenplay by British screenwriter Steven Knight.

A Note Regarding Spoilers

The following FAQ entries may contain spoilers. Only the biggest ones (if any) will be covered with spoiler tags. Spoiler tags have been used sparingly in order to make the page more readable.

What does the two fingers pointed at the throat gesture that Nikolai uses mean?

There are two theories: (1) It's a threat from Nikolai that if Anna's uncle doesn't back down, he'll kill him by slitting his throat, or (2) It might mean, in light of the uncle's verbal abuse and insult, that Nikolai was trying to shine the man on by saying "You're drunk!" or that he didn't really know what he was talking about.

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