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The End of the World
1963
1h 25m
Comedy
A satirical comedy with elements of metaphysical horror about religion in rural 1960s Soviet Russia. Notable for using first-person pseudo-documentary "found footage" technique framing the movie as the creation of the protagonist, who is returns to his home village from the city to discover that a local drunk has formed a doomsday cult.
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Production
Companies:
Gorky Film Studios
Languages
Original:ru
Spoken:
Russian
Cast

Stanislav Sokolov
Sasha Likardokin
Yevgeniya Kolmykova
Polya

Tatyana Pelttser
Matryona
Vitali Politseymako
Filin

Stanislav Lyubshin
father Michail
Daya Smirnova
mother Klavdiya

Varvara Popova
Agafya

Vladimir Ratomsky
old man Pafnutiy
Yevgeni Kryuchkov
Fedya
Yuri Kharchenko
Grisha Zubarik

Pyotr Lyubeshkin
Egor Ivanovich

Viktor Sergachyov
local militia man