The End of the World(1963)

NR

1h 25m

  • Comedy

Overview

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.

Cast

  • Stanislav Sokolov

    Stanislav Sokolov

    Sasha Likardokin

  • Tatyana Pelttser

    Tatyana Pelttser

    Matryona

  • Stanislav Lyubshin

    Stanislav Lyubshin

    father Michail

  • Varvara Popova

    Varvara Popova

    Agafya

  • Vladimir Ratomsky

    Vladimir Ratomsky

    old man Pafnutiy

  • Pyotr Lyubeshkin

    Pyotr Lyubeshkin

    Egor Ivanovich

  • Viktor Sergachyov

    Viktor Sergachyov

    local militia man

  • Oleg Vidov

    Oleg Vidov

    Akulina's dead son

  • Viktor Markin

    Viktor Markin

    doctor (uncredited)

  • Kseniya Kozmina

    Kseniya Kozmina

    Polya's mother (uncredited)

  • Iya Marks

    Iya Marks

    Akulina

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    Status

    Released (Jun 24, 1963)