---
title: 'Save and Protect (1989)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alexander Sokurov'
released: '1989-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 150
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'West Germany'
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/save-and-protect-1989'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111254/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Save and Protect (1989)

1989 · 150 min · Drama · West Germany, Soviet Union

Original title: Спаси и сохрани

## Synopsis

Save and Protect is a 1989 Soviet historical drama film directed by Russian filmmaker Aleksandr Sokurov, starring Cécile Zervudacki and Robert Vaab. It depicts the decline of a childlike woman as she engages in adultery and falls into crippling debt. It is loosely adapted from Gustave Flaubert's novel Madame Bovary.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alexander Sokurov](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-sokurov)
- **Screenplay:** [Yuriy Arabov](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuriy-arabov)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Yuri Khanon](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuri-khanon)
- **Director of Photography:** [Sergey Yurizditsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergey-yurizditsky)

## Cast

- [Aleksandr Abdulov](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksandr-abdulov)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/save-and-protect-1989
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