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Beginning of an Unknown Era
Beginning of an Unknown Era

Beginning of an Unknown Era

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WarDrama

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Runtime

73 mins

Rating

5.4/10

Release Date

31 December 1967

Country

Soviet Union

Cast

Leonid Kulagin

Leonid Kulagin

комиссар Парфенов (новелла «Ангел»)

Sergei Volf

Sergei Volf

интеллигент (новелла «Ангел»)

Nikolai Gubenko

Nikolai Gubenko

человек с коровой (новелла «Ангел»)

Georgi Burkov

Georgi Burkov

студент (новелла «Ангел»)

Igor Klass

Igor Klass

атаман Ангел (новелла «Ангел»)

Yevgeni Goryunov

Yevgeni Goryunov

Степан Жаренов (озв. Валерий Носик) («Родина электричества»)

Sergei Gorbatyuk

Sergei Gorbatyuk

Гриня (озв. Сергей Никоненко) («Родина электричества»)

Ivan Turchenkov

Ivan Turchenkov

сотрудник губисполкома («Родина электричества»)

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