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A Stinging Comedy from Russia

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In search of inspiration and new topics, the famous metropolitan writer Kim Yesenin goes to the province. Unexpectedly for himself, he discovers that here people live very differently than in the world familiar to him. By chance, he witnesses someone else's love drama - dissident Andrei and intellectual Sasha, who is leaving for America. He is shocked by this complex conflict and fictitious problems, where there is no place for either melancholy or depression. In this situation, the hero decides to go to Moscow...

Credits

The Theme Cast

Name Character
Inna Churikova She was 35, now 80 years old as Sasha Nikolaeva, museum guide
Mikhail Ulyanov He was 51, 79 years old when he died as Kim Yesenin, writer

The Theme Crew

Name Department
Gleb Panfilov as Director. He was 44 (now 89) years old Directing
Gleb Panfilov as Writer. He was 44 (now 89) years old Writing
Aleksandr Chervinsky as Writer. He was 40 (now 86) years old Writing
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A Stinging Comedy from Russia

  • Release day: Tuesday, January 09, 1979
  • Runtime: 94 minutes