Selfportrait of an Unknown Man
1988, Russian. Directed by Viacheslav Kryshtofovych.
A strange combination of circumstances leads the forty-year-old engineer Igor into the hall of the old cinema, where the film session has already begun. The main character of the picture is the poet Belov, the same romantic loser, disappointed in himself and in everything - surprisingly similar to him. Moreover, Igor soon realizes that he is looking from the side at his own life. What is happening on the screen becomes a shock and revelation for him. In the dark hall of the mysterious cinema, fate gives Igor the only chance to start all over again.
- Runtime
- 1h 14m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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Cast & crew
- Viacheslav KryshtofovychDirector
- Aleksandr ZbruevIgor Belov
- Natalya NegodaVera
- Yelena KonstantinovskayaLana
- Anatoli GrachyovGrigori Manuilov
- Sergey PolezhaevDorofeyev
- Leonid YanovskyiLebedev
- Irina VishnyakovaLana's Friend
- Konstantin KarnoSasha
- Alla PokrovskayaRyabov's Mother
- Oksana MalyarenkoAdministrator
- Valentyna IvashovaTicket Collector
- Liudmyla LobzaBarmaid
Details
- Released
- 3 December 1988
- Original title
- Автопортрет неизвестного
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Viktor Merezhko
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Selfportrait of an Unknown Man runs 74 minutes (1h 14m).
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Selfportrait of an Unknown Man isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 3 December 1988. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed Selfportrait of an Unknown Man?
Selfportrait of an Unknown Man (1988) was directed by Viacheslav Kryshtofovych and stars Aleksandr Zbruev, Natalya Negoda, Yelena Konstantinovskaya.