Beginning of an Unknown Era (1967)

  • NR
  • 12/31/1967 (RU)
  • War, Drama
  • 1h 13m

Overview

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.

Andrey Smirnov

Director

Larisa Shepitko

Director, Screenplay

Genrikh Gabay

Director

Boris Yermolayev

Screenplay

Mikhail Suslov

Screenplay

Ilya Suslov

Screenplay

Cast

Leonid Kulagin's headshot

Leonid Kulagin

комиссар Парфенов (новелла «Ангел»)
Sergei Volf's headshot

Sergei Volf

интеллигент (новелла «Ангел»)
Nikolai Gubenko's headshot

Nikolai Gubenko

человек с коровой (новелла «Ангел»)
Georgi Burkov's headshot

Georgi Burkov

студент (новелла «Ангел»)
Igor Klass's headshot

Igor Klass

атаман Ангел (новелла «Ангел»)
Yevgeni Goryunov's headshot

Yevgeni Goryunov

Степан Жаренов (озв. Валерий Носик) («Родина электричества»)
Sergei Gorbatyuk's headshot

Sergei Gorbatyuk

Гриня (озв. Сергей Никоненко) («Родина электричества»)
Ivan Turchenkov's headshot

Ivan Turchenkov

сотрудник губисполкома («Родина электричества»)

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