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