
Beginning of an Unknown Era
2.7 |
1h 13min
Released
WarDrama
Two young directors adapted the short stories of two Russian authors whose works had been banned for decades, and so their film ended up in the censor’s vault as well – for twenty years. Both tales look back to the post-revolutionary era: 'Angel' (Olesha) speaks tragically of the brutality and destruction of the time, and 'The Homeland of Electricity' (Platonov) captures its haunting grotesquery.

Story
Two young directors adapted the short stories of two Russian authors whose works had been banned for decades, and so their film ended up in the censor’s vault as well – for twenty years. Both tales look back to the post-revolutionary era: 'Angel' (Olesha) speaks tragically of the brutality and destruction of the time, and 'The Homeland of Electricity' (Platonov) captures its haunting grotesquery.
Directors
Larisa Shepitko, Andrey Smirnov, Genrikh Gabay, Larisa Shepitko,
Writers
Ilya Suslov, Boris Yermolayev, Yury Olesha, Andrei Platonov,
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