The read
It runs a compact 1h 13m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
16 audience votes
Key crew
- Andrey SmirnovDirector
- Larisa ShepitkoDirector
- Boris YermolayevScreenplay
- Mikhail SuslovScreenplay
- Ilya SuslovScreenplay
- Larisa ShepitkoScreenplay
- Alfred SchnittkeOriginal Music Composer
- Roman LedenyovOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- 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»)
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Themes
woman director