Anathema
Анафема
Release: 1960-01-01
·Runtime: 45m
·★ 6.0
History
It is year 1900 in Pre-Revolutionary Russia and Deacon Olympius begins to take interest in secular literature. When he stumbles upon a book by Tolstoy, he is humbled and inspired to lead a just life. Based on a story by Aleksandr Kuprin.
Cast
Yevgeni Grigoryev
as gentleman in the church
Lev Stepanov
as church chorister
Igor Efimov
as student
Nikolay Gavrilov
as the Dean
Tamara Timofeeva
as townswoman
Klavdiya Fadeeva
as deacon’s wife
Svetlana Mazovetskaya
as lady donating to the poor (uncredited)
Nikolai Simonov
as voiceover
Stepan Krylov
as Deacon Olympius
Aleksandr Afanasev
as merchant
Lyubov Malinovskaya
Fyodor Nikitin
as liberal
Pavel Pervushin
as wood cutter