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
Nikolai Simonov
as voiceover
Stepan Krylov
as Deacon Olympius
Nikolay Gavrilov
as the Dean
Lyubov Malinovskaya
Fyodor Nikitin
as liberal
Yevgeni Grigoryev
as gentleman in the church
Igor Efimov
as student
Aleksandr Afanasev
as merchant
Pavel Pervushin
as wood cutter
Tamara Timofeeva
as townswoman
Lev Stepanov
as church chorister
Klavdiya Fadeeva
as deacon’s wife
Svetlana Mazovetskaya
as lady donating to the poor (uncredited)
