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. Both tales look back to the post-revolutionary era: 'Angel' (Olesha) speaks tragically of the brutality and destruction of the time, and 'The Homeland of Electricity' (Platonov) captures its haunting grotesquery.
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Larisa Shepitko
Director
Andrey Smirnov
Director
Boris Yermolayev
Screenplay
Larisa Shepitko
Screenplay
Mikhail Suslov
Screenplay
Ilya Suslov
Screenplay
Polina Borisova
Executive Producer
Andrey Demchenko
Executive Producer
Dmitri Korzhikhin
Director of Photography
Pavel Lebeshev
Director of Photography
Alfred Schnittke
Original Music Composer
Roman Ledenyov
Original Music Composer
Valeriya Belova
Editor
Galina Baranova
Editor
Lyubov Butuzova
Editor
