Movie · 2025
Is The Singers based on a book?
Quick answer
Yes. The Singers is based on the book Singers by Ivan Turgenev (1850).
Singers is book 17 of the A Sportsman's Sketches series.
The movie was released in 2025.
The book behind The Singers
A Sportsman's Sketches: books in order
- Khor and Kalinych (1847)
- Yermolay and the Miller's Wife (1847)
- The raspberry water (1848)
- The District Doctor (1848)
- My neighbor Radilov (1847)
- Farmer Ovsyanikov (1847)
- Lgov (1847)
- Bezhin Lea (1851)
- Kasyan from the Beautiful Lands (1851)
- Bailiff (1847)
- The Office (1847)
- Loner (1848)
- Dos Terratenientes (1852)
- Lebedyan (1848)
- Tatiana Borisovna and nephew (1848)
- How Russians Meet Death (1848)
- Singers (1850)
- Peter Petrovich Karatayev (1847)
- The appointment
- The Hamlet of Shchigry District (1849)
- Chertopkhanov and Nedopyuskin (1849)
- The End Tchertopkhanov (1872)
- Living relic (1874)
- The Clatter of Wheels (1874)
- Forest and steppe (1849)
Common questions
Is The Singers based on a book?
Yes. The Singers is based on the book Singers by Ivan Turgenev (1850).
Who wrote the book The Singers is based on?
Singers was written by Ivan Turgenev and first published in 1850.
Is Singers part of a series?
Yes, it is book 17 in the A Sportsman's Sketches series (2 books listed below in reading order).
Should I read the book before watching?
Start with Khor and Kalinych, book 1 of Singers. If you like knowing the full story and characters first, read it before you watch. Adaptations often change or cut plotlines, so the book is a different experience even if you've seen the movie.
More screen adaptations of Ivan Turgenev's books
- Bezhin Meadow (film, 1937)
- First Love (film, 1970)
- A Nest of Gentry (film, 1969)
- Mumu (film, 1959)
- Fathers and Sons (film, 1959)