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.
Director: Boris Buneev
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Stanislav Sokolov as Sasha Likardokin |
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Yevgeniya Kolmykova as Polya |
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Tatyana Pelttser as Matryona |
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Vitali Politseymako as Filin |
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Stanislav Lyubshin as father Michail |
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Daya Smirnova as mother Klavdiya |
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Varvara Popova as Agafya |
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Vladimir Ratomsky as old man Pafnutiy |
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Yevgeni Kryuchkov as Fedya |
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Yuri Kharchenko as Grisha Zubarik |
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Pyotr Lyubeshkin as Egor Ivanovich |
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Viktor Sergachyov as local militia man |
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Nikolai Pazhitnov as lecturer |
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Oleg Vidov as Akulina's dead son |
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Viktor Markin as doctor (uncredited) |
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Kseniya Kozmina as Polya's mother (uncredited) |
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Iya Marks as Akulina |
| Camera | Aleksandr Khvostov | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Boris Buneev | Director |
| Art | Olga Bednova | Production Design |
| Camera | Lev Rogozin | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Vasiliy Solovyov | Writer |
| Sound | Yevgeniy Ptichkin | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Aleksandr Golyzhenkov | Sound Director |
| Editing | Olga Katusheva | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mariam Bykhovskaya | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mariya Sheleg | Makeup & Hair |
| Visual Effects | Vera Sholina | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Yuri Milovskiy | VFX Supervisor |
| Writing | Natalya Torchinskaya | Script Editor |
| Writing | E. Mayat | Script Consultant |
| Production | Stepan Puchinyan | Producer |
| Sound | Vladimir Fedoseyev | Conductor |
