Beginning of an Unknown Era
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' (Olesha) speaks tragically of the brutality and destruction of the time, and 'The Homeland of Electricity' (Platonov) captures its haunting grotesquery.
Cast
Leonid Kulagin
as комиссар Парфенов (новелла «Ангел»)
Sergei Volf
as интеллигент (новелла «Ангел»)
Nikolai Gubenko
as человек с коровой (новелла «Ангел»)
Georgi Burkov
as студент (новелла «Ангел»)
Igor Klass
as атаман Ангел (новелла «Ангел»)
Yevgeni Goryunov
as Степан Жаренов (озв. Валерий Носик) («Родина электричества»)
Sergei Gorbatyuk
as Гриня (озв. Сергей Никоненко) («Родина электричества»)
Ivan Turchenkov
as сотрудник губисполкома («Родина электричества»)
