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MediocreGoodWatch scoreSummary
According to Fyodor Protasov, the surrounding life is riddled with dirt and falsehood. He does not want to participate "in all this dirty trick", he does not have the courage to fight it, and he chooses the third way - to stage suicide.
Good for
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
- Solo watch
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
- You want fast pacing
- You want to half-watch while scrolling
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 58GoodWatch 54
IMDb5.8
Running time
2 h 14 min
Longer than most dramas, +25 min on the typical 109
typical 109134Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Released
1969
July 11, 1969
57 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
Russian
Original language
Made in
Russia
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesIntense
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 13 more16 people
- Aleksey BatalovFyodor Protasov (Fedya)
- Alla DemidovaLiza
- Oleg BasilashviliViktor Karenin
- Lidiya ShtykanAnna Pavlovna
- Elena ChyornayaSasha
- Sofiya PilyavskayaAnna Dmitrievna Karenina
- Evgeniy KuznetsovPrince Abrezkov
- Svetlana TomaMasha the gypsy
Vsevolod KuznetsovAfremov
Pantelejmon Krymovofficer
Aleksey Kozhevnikovmusician
Oleg Borisovcourt investigator
Nikolai BoyarskyPetushkov
Innokentiy SmoktunovskiyIvan Petrovich the genius
Aleksandra KononovaGypsy woman (uncredited)
Aleksey SavostyanovDoctor
Directing · 5
- Vladimir Vengerov Director, Writer
- Yevgeni Tatarsky Third Assistant Director
- V. Terentyev Assistant Director
- Ya. Nakhamchuk Second Assistant Director
- M. Davydova First Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Leo Tolstoy Theatre Play
- Kheyli Elken Script Editor
Production · 1
- Mikhail Gendenshteyn Executive Producer
Camera · 3
- Genrikh Marandzhyan Director of Photography
- Anatoliy Kudryavtsev Assistant Camera
- S. Ivanov Camera Operator
Editing · 2
- Stera Gorakova Editor
- Tamara Guseva Assistant Editor
Sound · 2
- Isaac Schwarts Original Music Composer
- Yevgeni Nesterov Sound Director
Art · 5
- Nikolai Suvorov Production Design
- Marksen Gaukhman-Sverdlov Production Design
- Vladimir Kostin Assistant Production Design
- Rimma Shtil Set Decoration
- M. Struchkova Assistant Production Design
Costume & Make-Up · 3
- Liliya Moshkina Costume Design
- Nikolai Elenbogen Makeup Artist
- A. Bufetova Makeup Artist
Visual Effects · 2
- Mikhail Pokroskiy Visual Effects Camera
- Yuriy Borovkov VFX Artist
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