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.
The End of the WorldComedy
Cast
- Stanislav Sokolov — Sasha Likardokin
- Yevgeniya Kolmykova — Polya
- Tatyana Pelttser — Matryona
- Vitali Politseymako — Filin
- Stanislav Lyubshin — father Michail
- Daya Smirnova — mother Klavdiya
- Varvara Popova — Agafya
- Vladimir Ratomsky — old man Pafnutiy
- Yevgeni Kryuchkov — Fedya
- Yuri Kharchenko — Grisha Zubarik
- Pyotr Lyubeshkin — Egor Ivanovich
- Viktor Sergachyov — local militia man
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