Backdrop
Beginning of an Unknown Era

Beginning of an Unknown Era (1967)

1h 13m | PG-13

⭐ 5.4 / 10

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' speaks tragically of the brutality and destruction of the time, and 'The Homeland of Electricity' captures its haunting grotesquery.

Director: Larisa Shepitko

Studio: Experimental Film Studio

Genre: War, Drama

Video: 720p

▶ Watch

Cast

Leonid Kulagin

Leonid Kulagin

as комиссар Парфенов (новелла «Ангел»)

Sergei Volf

Sergei Volf

as интеллигент (новелла «Ангел»)

Nikolai Gubenko

Nikolai Gubenko

as человек с коровой (новелла «Ангел»)

Georgi Burkov

Georgi Burkov

as студент (новелла «Ангел»)

Igor Klass

Igor Klass

as атаман Ангел (новелла «Ангел»)

Yevgeni Goryunov

Yevgeni Goryunov

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