Beginning of an Unknown Era
1967, Russian. Directed by Andrey Smirnov & Larisa Shepitko.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 13m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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Cast & crew
- Andrey SmirnovDirector
- Larisa ShepitkoDirector
- Leonid Kulaginкомиссар Парфенов (новелла «Ангел»)
- Sergei Volfинтеллигент (новелла «Ангел»)
- Nikolai Gubenkoчеловек с коровой (новелла «Ангел»)
- Georgi Burkovстудент (новелла «Ангел»)
- Igor Klassатаман Ангел (новелла «Ангел»)
- Yevgeni GoryunovСтепан Жаренов (озв. Валерий Носик) («Родина электричества»)
- Sergei GorbatyukГриня (озв. Сергей Никоненко) («Родина электричества»)
- Ivan Turchenkovсотрудник губисполкома («Родина электричества»)
Details
- Released
- 31 December 1967
- Original title
- Начало неведомого века
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Boris Yermolayev, Mikhail Suslov, Ilya Suslov
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Beginning of an Unknown Era (1967) was directed by Andrey Smirnov and Larisa Shepitko and stars Leonid Kulagin, Sergei Volf, Nikolai Gubenko.