The Suicide

As Soviet Russia enters the era of the New Economic Policy, Semyon Podsekalnikov decides to stop looking for a job. However, the prospect of living at the expense of his wife and mother-in-law seems unbearable. Having reached the end of his tether, Semyon is resolved to take his own life. Based on Nikolai Erdman's controversial play.

• Valery PendrakovskyScreenplay
• Valery PendrakovskyDirector
• Nikolay ErdmanWriter

• Sergey Shakurovмаленький человек Семён Семёнович Подсекальников
• Leonid Kuravlyovзаведующий тиром Александр Лукьянович Калабушкин
• Aleksandr Trofimovинтеллигент Аристарх Доминикович
• Vyacheslav Nevinnyyторговец Пугачев
• Vladimir Menshovписатель Виктор Викторович
• Olga VolkovaРаиса Филипповна
• Yelizaveta Nikishchikhinaтёща Подсекальникова Серафима Ильинична
• Igor Kashintsevотец Елпидий
• Elena BushuevaМаргарита Ивановна
• Valentin Gaftконферансье
• Viktor Makhmutovэпизод
• Yelena StepanenkoКлеопатра Максимовна