A Driver for Vera

A Driver for Vera
Directed byPavel Chukhraj
Written byPavel Chukhraj
Produced byVitaly Koshman
Alexander Rodnyansky
Starring
CinematographyIgor Klebanov
Edited byOlga Grinshpun
Music byEduard Artemyev
Distributed byNashe Kino
Release dates
  • 27 July 2004 (2004-07-27) (Russia)
  • 12 August 2004 (2004-08-12) (Ukraine)
Running time
105 minutes
CountriesRussia, Ukraine
LanguageRussian
BudgetUSD 3,300,000 (estimated)
Box officeUSD 2,011,837 (Russia), 22 August 2004

A Driver for Vera (Russian: Водитель для Веры, Voditel dlya Very) is a 2004 Ukrainian-Russian co-produced psychological drama film from 2004, set in 1962 Sevastopol, Ukraine, directed and written by Russian Pavel Chukhrai. The film won numerous Russian awards including Best Film at the Sochi Film Festival. The film's two-country origin resulted in the film being rejected as Ukraine's entry for the Academy Awards Best Foreign Film category for 2005, due to a rule which states, "[T]he submitting country must certify that creative talent of that country exercised artistic control of the film."