

Temptation of B.
1990, Russian. Directed by Arkadiy Sirenko & Semyon Pozdnyakov.
The story of a writer who accidentally stumbles across the elixir of immortality and in doing so encounters the small group of immortals who have jealously guarded this secret for centuries. Once the writer has knowledge of this elixir, called 'Mafussalin', the group of five immortals give him a stark choice: either join them, with the price of admission, being a duel to the death between the immortal who accidentally gave the secret away or death at the hands of the group. As the writer makes up his mind, sometimes aided and at other times opposed by the ever shifting alliances from within the group, we discover how the other immortals became this way, their true ages and what they have done with this 'gift'.
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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Cast & crew
- Arkadiy SirenkoDirector
- Semyon PozdnyakovDirector
- Lembit UlfsakФеликс Александрович Снегирёв, писатель
- Natalya GundarevaНаталья Петровна, она же Маркиза
- Oleg BorisovИван Давыдович Мартынюк, он же Магистр
- Vladimir ZeldinПавел Павлович, он же Князь
- Stanislav SadalskiyКонстантин Курдюков, он же Басаврюк
- Aleksandr PashutinРотмистр
- Anna Ovsyannikovaработница жилконторы
- Valentin BryleevСергей Сергеевич, сосед Снегирёва
- Alexander Kotovврач скорой помощи
- Anatoli GolikАнатолий Сократович Романюк
Details
- Released
- 5 October 1990
- Original title
- Искушение Б.
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Boris Strugatskiy, Arkadiy Strugatskiy
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Temptation of B. (1990) was directed by Arkadiy Sirenko and Semyon Pozdnyakov and stars Lembit Ulfsak, Natalya Gundareva, Oleg Borisov.