Movie
1960 · 45m · History
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.
Directed by Sergei Gippius
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“Any prowling maniac would have had more than his work cut out if he had accosted Anathema Device. She was a witch, after all. And precisely because she was a witch, and therefore sensible, she put little faith in protective amulets and spells; she saved it all for a foot-long bread knife which she kept in her belt.”
“When most people said "I'm psychic, you see," they meant "I have an overactive but unoriginal imagination/wear black nail varnish/ talk to my budgie"; when Anathema said it, it sounded as though she was admitting to a hereditary disease which she'd much prefer not to have.”
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Stepan Krylovas Deacon Olympius
Igor Efimovas student
Nikolay Gavrilovas the Dean
Aleksandr Afanasevas merchant
Lyubov Malinovskaya
Fyodor Nikitinas liberal
Pavel Pervushinas wood cutter
Tamara Timofeevaas townswoman
Arkadi Trusovas merchant
Yevgeni Grigoryevas gentleman in the church
Lev Stepanovas church chorister
Klavdiya Fadeevaas deacon’s wife
Svetlana Mazovetskayaas lady donating to the poor (uncredited)
Nikolai Simonovas voiceover
