The Lifeguard (Russian: Спасатель, romanized: Spasatel) is a 1980 Soviet romantic drama film directed by Sergey Solovyev.

[1][2][3] The film tells the story of a lifeguard preparing to leave for military service who becomes entangled in the lives of two women—one posing as his girlfriend and another he rescues from despair—each are drawn to him as they navigate their own struggles with love and identity.

[4] Lifeguard Vilya (Wilhelm) Tishin, working at an OSVOD rescue station, is preparing to leave for mandatory military service.

Meanwhile, Asea Vedeneeva, a former high school graduate secretly in love with her literature teacher Larikov, returns to town.

Now a medical student married to the dull and materialistic tailor Ganin, she decides to visit Larikov with a thoughtful gift for his birthday, but he remains indifferent to her feelings.