Not Yet a Time for Sorrow (1995)
Mefody, a wise master, comes to a weird village one day to teach local men wisdom and life. The strange thing about the village is all the men living there are of different nationalities: German, Jewish, Ukrainian, Russian, Uzbek, Gypsy etc.. Mefodi teaches all them the way to understand each other, he speaks about music, cabala, fairy tales, sex etc. Finally all of them become even more friendly to each other and find success in life.
Director: Sergei Selyanov
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Valeriy Priyomykhov as Ivanov |
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Pyotr Mamonov as Methodius |
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Marina Levtova as Lyalya/Sonya |
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Mikhail Svetin as Zhibbaev |
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Semyon Strugachyov as Shmukler |
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Sergei Parshin as Grinya |
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Juris Strenga as Wilman |
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Viktor Dement as Yashka |
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Petr Vasilyev as young Ivanov |
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Nikolai Muravyov as Ivanov Senior |
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Aleksandr Shevelev as Propalov |
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Svetlana Bulynenkova as Vika |
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Gali Abaydulov as passenger |
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Fatima Sanya as Lola |
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Tamara Kolesnikova as |
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Vladimir Ermilov as |
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Tatyana Zhuravleva as |
| Directing | Mikhail Konovalchuk | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tamara Frid | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Lyudmila Krivitskaya | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Pavel Grinvald | Additional Director of Photography |
| Production | Sergei Selyanov | Producer |
| Directing | Sergei Selyanov | Director |
| Writing | Mikhail Konovalchuk | Writer |
| Writing | Sergei Selyanov | Writer |
| Sound | Kirill Kuzmin | Sound |
| Camera | Denis Shchiglovsky | Director of Photography |
| Art | Vera Zelinskaya | Production Design |
| Sound | Vladimir Radchenkov | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elena Zaytseva | Costume Design |
| Editing | Olga Amosova | Editor |