The End of the World
Конец света
Release: 1963-06-24
·Runtime: 85m
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.
Production Countries
Soviet Union
Production Companies
Gorky Film Studios
Cast
Pyotr Lyubeshkin
as Egor Ivanovich
Oleg Vidov
as Akulina's dead son
Viktor Markin
as doctor (uncredited)
Vitali Politseymako
as Filin
Kseniya Kozmina
as Polya's mother (uncredited)
Iya Marks
as Akulina
Tatyana Pelttser
as Matryona
Stanislav Lyubshin
as father Michail
Vladimir Ratomsky
as old man Pafnutiy
Viktor Sergachyov
as local militia man
