The End of the World (1963)
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.
- Released
- 1963-06-24
- Genres
- Comedy
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Boris Buneev
Cast
- Stanislav Sokolov as Sasha Likardokin
- Yevgeniya Kolmykova as Polya
- Tatyana Pelttser as Matryona
- Vitali Politseymako as Filin
- Stanislav Lyubshin as father Michail
- Daya Smirnova as mother Klavdiya
- Varvara Popova as Agafya
- Vladimir Ratomsky as old man Pafnutiy
- Yevgeni Kryuchkov as Fedya
- Yuri Kharchenko as Grisha Zubarik
- Pyotr Lyubeshkin as Egor Ivanovich
- Viktor Sergachyov as local militia man
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