The read
It runs a compact 1h 5m.
Synopsis
When a middle-aged high-court judge in 19th-century Russia starts to experience a sharp pain in his side, he soon finds himself bedridden with an undiagnosed terminal illness. Face-to-face with his own mortality, he becomes increasingly introspective and emotional as he ponders the reason for his acute suffering and imminent death.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
9 audience votes
Key crew
- Aleksandr KaydanovskiyDirector
- Aleksandr KaydanovskiyWriter
Cast
- Valeriy PriyomykhovIvan Ilyich Golovin
- Alisa FreyndlikhPraskovya Fyodorovna Golovina
- Vytautas PauksteDr. Mikhail Danilovich
- Karina MorittsLisa Golovina
- Mikhail DanilovNarrator
- Edwald SmirnovCast
- Tamara TimofeevaNanny
- Stanislav ChurkinPriest
- Anatoliy KhudoleevPyotr Ivanovich
- A. BukhvalovCast
- Vladimir StarostinCast
- Yuri SerovCast