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Limonov: The Ballad
2024 | 133m | French
Popularity: 0.6 (history)
| Director: | Kirill Serebrennikov |
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| Writer: | Emmanuel Carrère, Kirill Serebrennikov, Ben Hopkins, Paweł Pawlikowski |
| Staring: |
| A revolutionary militant, a thug, an underground writer, a butler to a millionaire in Manhattan. But also a switchblade-waving poet, a lover of beautiful women, a warmonger, a political agitator, and a novelist who wrote of his greatness. Eduard Limonov’s life story is a journey through Russia, America, and Europe during the second half of the 20th century. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 05, 2024 |
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| Director: | Kirill Serebrennikov |
| Writer: | Emmanuel Carrère, Kirill Serebrennikov, Ben Hopkins, Paweł Pawlikowski |
| Genres: | Drama, History |
| Keywords | biography, poet, based on true story, docudrama, novelist, blood, based on real person |
| Production Companies | France 3 Cinéma, Pathé, Chapter 2, Wildside, Fremantle España, Hype Studios, Logical Content Ventures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $377,523,000
Budget: $10,500,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 20, 2026 Entered: Feb 18, 2025 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Ben Whishaw | Eduard 'Eddie' Limonov |
| Viktoriya Miroshnichenko | Elena |
| Masha Mashkova | Anna |
| Tomas Arana | Stephen |
| Corrado Invernizzi | Lonya |
| Evgeny Mironov | Kuznetsov |
| Andrey Burkovskiy | Yevgeny Yevtushenko / Poet |
| Odin Lund Biron | Ethan/ Editor in Chief |
| Sandrine Bonnaire | Radio Host Paris |
| Louis-Do de Lencquesaing | Intellectual Paris |
| Céline Sallette | Intellectual Paris |
| Donald Sumpter | Eddie's Father |
| Tatyana Vladimirova | Eddie's Mother |
| Victor Solé | Carlos |
| Emmanuel Carrère | Journalist |
| Tatyana Dolmatovskaya | Wife of the Host of the Dacha |
| Svetlana Mamresheva | Poetess |
| Sergey Mezentsev | Elena's Lover |
| Alexander Prince Osei | Chris |
| Roman Vasyanov | Angry Man at the Window |
| Brendon Colton | Stephen's Guest |
| James Dean Hyllested | Stephen's Guest |
| Juris Žagars | Stephen's Guest |
| Sergey Nikolaevich | Stephen's Guest |
| Arkadij Suharenko | Stephen's Guest |
| Anton Lapenko | Ghost |
| Pierre Bourel | Radio Host Assistant Paris |
| Anna Rulevskaya | Eddie's Reader Moscow 89 |
| Daniel Barnes | Journalist |
| Vitālijs Jakovļevs | Prison Guard |
| Chulpan Khamatova | TV Journalist |
| Yuliya Pankratova | TV Journalist |
| Mārtiņš Egliens | Operator 1 Prison |
| Mikhail Shiryaev | Operator 2 Prison |
| Vadim Stepanov | Pornstar / Street Band Memeber / Model / Pedestrian / Man with Garbage / Killer / Editor's Assistant |
| Vlad Tsenev | Brian / Street Band Memeber / Model / Man with Garbage / Killer / Waiter at Dinner |
| Mikhail Kozyrev | Guest from Moscow |
| Evgeniya Kuznetsova | Anna's Mother |
| Anna Boyk | Anna's Guest |
| Dimitriy Vlasik | Anna's Guest |
| Vasily Zorky | Anna's Guest |
| Ivan Ivashkin | Anna's Guest |
| Mitya Mozgovoy | Anna's Guest |
| Anastasiya Kamenskaya | Anna's Guest |
| Anna Kuklenko | Anna's Guest |
| Alexey Novoselov | Anna's Guest |
| Andrey Khodorchenkov | Anna's Guest |
| Andrey Vasilyev | Elena's Husband |
| Gennady Jozefavichus | Host of the Dacha |
| Maris Morkans | Photographer RU |
| Dmitrijs Jevstifejevs | Guest in Peredelkino |
| Evgeniya Shermeneva | Guest in Peredelkino |
| Georgijs Strazhnovs | Guest in Peredelkino |
| Jēkabs Nīmanis | Guest in Peredelkino |
| Marijus Ivashkevichius | Guest in Peredelkino |
| Pavel Zimin | Guest in Peredelkino |
| Marina Talberga | Guest in Peredelkino |
| Nikolajs Krivoseins | Guest in Peredelkino |
| Olga Petersone | Guest in Peredelkino |
| Sergey Evdokimov | Guest in Peredelkino |
| Sergejs Studzinskis | Guest in Peredelkino |
| Tatiana Ershova | Guest in Peredelkino |
| Tikhon Dzyadko | Guest in Peredelkino |
| Vadims Pridbailo | Guest in Peredelkino |
| Monta Kārkliņa | Guest in Peredelkino |
| Daria Zueva | The lady of the house New York |
| George R. Steele | Street Preacher |
| Jite Ighorodje | Little Man |
| Leonid Trubin | Fireman |
| Iveta Zinta Ivansone | Teacher |
| Ngwenyi Nadege Mbole | Haitian |
| Evelyn Mok | Carol |
| Ilona Matveeva | Jewelry Store Owner |
| Dmitry Sopov | Mad Man |
| Mära McLaughlin-Taylor | Sharon Reporter |
| Kaspars Znotiņš | Shmakov |
| Gedeon Mfebe | Trumpet Player / Crazy Man |
| Arnis Rītups | Butcher 1 |
| Giovanni Dalla Zonca | Butcher 2 |
| Sava Saveliev | Host of Q&A Moscow 89 |
| Kirill Batishta | Eddie's Reader Moscow 89 |
| Olga Varshaver | Eddie's Reader Moscow 89 |
| Yury Saprykin | Eddie's Reader Moscow 89 |
| Boris Falikova | Eddie's Reader Moscow 89 |
| Yuli Gugolev | Eddie's Reader Moscow 89 |
| Philipp Avdeev | Eddie's Party Member Bunker |
| Aleksandr Gorchilin | Eddie's Party Member Bunker |
| Nikita Elenev | Eddie's Party Member Bunker |
| Georgiy Kudrenko | Eddie's Party Member Bunker |
| Pavel Chalnov | Eddie's Party Member Bunker |
| Evgeniy Kulagin | Eddie's Party Member Bunker |
| Stanislav Kolodub | Rabko |
| Andrey Radionov | Poet Bunker |
| Nikolay Khomyagin | Band Member Bunker |
| Alexander Ionin | Band Member Bunker |
| Danila Kholodkov | Band Member Bunker |
| Alexander Galianov | Band Member Bunker |
| Pavel Lesnikov | Band Member Bunker |
| Anton Lytvynov | Pedestrian |
| Pedestrian | Pedestrian |
| Sergey Podymin | Prisoner |
| Diana Stepanova | Waitress |
| Derwayne Mcbayne | Pimp / Newspapper Worker / Homeless man (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Emmanuel Carrère | Novel |
| Kirill Serebrennikov | Screenplay, Director |
| Roman Vasyanov | Director of Photography |
| Tatyana Dolmatovskaya | Costume Design |
| Vladislav Ogay | Production Design |
| Ben Hopkins | Screenplay |
| Yuri Karikh | Editor |
| Paweł Pawlikowski | Screenplay |
| Mariya Tutukina | Makeup Department Head |
| Massimo Pupillo | Original Music Composer |
| Thomas Bernardi | Script Editor |
| Svetlana Punte | First Assistant Director |
| Ekaterina Rubleva | Post Production Producer |
| Al3sander Vdovenko | Steadicam Operator |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Nathalie García | Co-Producer |
| Manuel Tera | Co-Producer |
| Paweł Pawlikowski | Executive Producer |
| Olivia Sleiter | Executive Producer |
| Svetlana Punte | Executive Producer |
| Yulia Zayceva | Executive Producer |
| Lorenzo Gangarossa | Producer |
| Dimitri Rassam | Producer |
| Ardavan Safaee | Co-Producer |
| Ilya Stewart | Producer |
| Elizaveta Chalenko | Executive Producer |
| Patrick Sutter | Executive Producer |
| Max Pavlov | Executive Producer |
| Igor Pronin | Executive Producer |
| Mario Gianani | Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 |
| 2024 | 5 | 13 | 38 | 8 |
| 2024 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 5 |
| 2024 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 5 |
| 2024 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 6 |
| 2024 | 9 | 14 | 34 | 8 |
| 2024 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 7 |
| 2024 | 11 | 10 | 25 | 4 |
| 2024 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 4 |
| 2025 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 6 |
| 2025 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 2 |
| 2025 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 11 | 38 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 11 | 32 | 3 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 2025 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| 2025 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2025 | 5 | 215 | 615 |
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| 2025 | 4 | 155 | 511 |
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| 2025 | 2 | 827 | 827 |