Beginning of an Unknown Era

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.

Top Cast

Leonid Kulagin

комиссар Парфенов (новелла «Ангел»)

Sergei Volf

интеллигент (новелла «Ангел»)

Nikolai Gubenko

человек с коровой (новелла «Ангел»)

Georgi Burkov

студент (новелла «Ангел»)

Igor Klass

атаман Ангел (новелла «Ангел»)