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DecentGoodWatch scoreSummary
The bureaucratic epos on the dialogues and plots of Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin "The History of a Town".
Good for
- Friends night
- Drop-in friendly
- Thought-provoking
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
- You want to half-watch while scrolling
- Graphic violence bothers you
Where to watch
Not streaming in any country yet.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 67GoodWatch 59
IMDb6.7
Running time
2 h 4 min
A typical length for dramas, +15 min on the typical 109
typical 109124Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Released
1989
December 1, 1989
37 years ago
Genres
DramaComedyHistoryLanguage
Russian
Original language
Made in
Russia
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesStrong
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchDrop-in FriendlyThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 19 more22 people
- Natalya GundarevaClémentine de Bourbon
- Svetlana KryuchkovaAmalia Stockfisch
- Yelena SanayevaIraida Paleologova
- Margarita TerekhovaAnelka Lyadokhovskaya
- Rolan BykovPyotr Petrovich Ferdyshchenko
- Yuri DemichUgryum-Burcheyev
- Leonid KuravlyovVasilisk Borodavkin
- Rodion NahapetovErast Grustilov
Oleg TabakovDementiy Brudastyy-Organchik
Olga PashkovaAlyona Osipova
Oleg StefanDmitriy Prokofyev
Mikhail PakhomenkoYevseich
Vladimir KashpurBaibakov
Vera GlagolevaPfeifersha
Viktor Gogolevgranddad
Nikolai Muravyovman in the hat
Irina Mazurkevichblissful woman Aksinyushka
Aleksandr Polovtsevwacky man Paramosha
Aleksandr Galibinwacky man Arkhipushko
Viktor BychkovVoblushkin
Valeri PoroshinBogdan Pfeifer
Anatoliy Romashinnarrator (voice)
Directing · 1
- Sergey Ovcharov Director, Writer
Writing · 1
Camera · 1
- Valery Fedosov Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Olga Amosova Editor
Sound · 2
- Sergei Kuryokhin Original Music Composer
- Konstantin Zarin Sound
Art · 1
- Natalya Vasilyeva Production Design
Costume & Make-Up · 3
- Andzhela Sapunova Costume Design
- Vadim Khalaimov Makeup Artist
- Galina Grushina Makeup Artist
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