Anathema (1960)
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.
- Released
- 1960-01-01
- Genres
- History
- Runtime
- 45 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Sergei Gippius
- TMDB rating
- 8.0/10 from 2 votes
Cast
- Stepan Krylov as Deacon Olympius
- Igor Efimov as student
- Nikolay Gavrilov as the Dean
- Aleksandr Afanasev as merchant
- Lyubov Malinovskaya
- Fyodor Nikitin as liberal
- Pavel Pervushin as wood cutter
- Tamara Timofeeva as townswoman
- Arkadi Trusov as merchant
- Yevgeni Grigoryev as gentleman in the church
- Lev Stepanov as church chorister
- Klavdiya Fadeeva as deacon’s wife
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