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Beginning of an Unknown Era: Directed by Genrikh Gabay, Larisa Shepitko, Andrey Smirnov. With Leonid Kulagin, Sergei Volf, Georgiy Burkov, Nikolay Gubenko. Three unconnected episodes united by a common theme: the establishment of the Soviet rule in Russia during the civil war of the early 1920s.
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- 1967
- Drama, History
- 73
Overview. Two young directors adapted the short stories of two Russian authors whose works had been banned for decades, and so their film ended up in the censor’s vault as well – for twenty years.
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Synopsis. Two young directors adapted the short stories of two Russian authors whose works had been banned for decades, and so their film ended up in the censor’s vault as well – for twenty years.
- (246)
- Experimental Film Studio
Beginning of an Unknown Era is a film directed by Larisa Shepitko, Andrey Smirnov with Leonid Kulagin, Sergei Volf, Georgi Burkov, Nikolai Gubenko .... Year: 1967. Original title: Nachalo nevedomogo veka.
- (29)
- Soviet Union (USSR)
- Dmitri Korzhikhin; Pavel Lebeshev (B&W)
- Larisa Shepitko,, Andrey Smirnov
Two-part film: Andrei Smirnov’s Angel takes place in the post-revolution chaos, where a train full of refugees is captured by bandits; Larisa Shepitko’s Homeland of Electricity is about a naive young mechanic sent to a remote village to bring it electricity. Banned in the USSR for twenty years.
Both tales look back to the post-revolutionary era, and while Angel speaks tragically of the brutality and destruction of the time, The Homeland of Electricity captures its haunting grotesquery. Synopsis
