Movie: Beginning of an Unknown Era

Top 8 Billed Cast

Leonid Kulagin
Леонид Кулагин

комиссар Парфенов (новелла «Ангел»)

Sergei Volf
Sergei Volf

интеллигент (новелла «Ангел»)

Nikolai Gubenko
Николай Губенко

человек с коровой (новелла «Ангел»)

Georgi Burkov
Георгий Бурков

студент (новелла «Ангел»)

Igor Klass
Игорь Класс

атаман Ангел (новелла «Ангел»)

Yevgeni Goryunov
Евгений Горюнов

Степан Жаренов (озв. Валерий Носик) («Родина электричества»)

Sergei Gorbatyuk
Sergei Gorbatyuk

Гриня (озв. Сергей Никоненко) («Родина электричества»)

Ivan Turchenkov
Иван Турченков

сотрудник губисполкома («Родина электричества»)

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    Two young directors adapted the short stories of two Russian authors whose works had been banned for decades, and so their film ended up in the censor’s vault as well – for twenty years. Both tales look back to the post-revolutionary era: 'Angel' speaks tragically of the brutality and destruction of the time, and 'The Homeland of Electricity' captures its haunting grotesquery.

  • Release Date

    1967-12-31

  • Average

    5.4

  • Rating:

    2.7 starts
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    Pусский
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