---
title: 'A Friend of the Deceased (1997)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Viacheslav Kryshtofovych'
released: '1997-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Ukraine'
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-friend-of-the-deceased-1997'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119952/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# A Friend of the Deceased (1997)

1997 · 100 min · Comedy · Ukraine, France

Original title: Приятель покойника

## Synopsis

A Friend of the Deceased is a 1997 Ukrainian drama film directed by Viacheslav Kryshtofovych. The film was selected as the Ukrainian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 70th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Viacheslav Kryshtofovych](https://cinepixo.com/people/viacheslav-kryshtofovych), [Leonid Boyko](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonid-boyko)
- **Screenplay:** [Andrey Kurkov](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrey-kurkov)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Vladimir Gronskiy](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-gronskiy)
- **Director of Photography:** [Vilen Kalyuta](https://cinepixo.com/people/vilen-kalyuta)

## Cast

- [Elena Korikova](https://cinepixo.com/people/elena-korikova)
- [Alexander Lazarev](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-lazarev) as Анатолий
- [Tetyana Kryvytska](https://cinepixo.com/people/tetyana-kryvytska) as Лена-Вика

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