The film is based on the story by L. Andreev "The Life of Vasily of Thebes" about the fate of the village priest Vasily, who, after going through a great many misfortunes, renounces God in order to regain his true faith through even greater grief.
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Dmitri Shinkarenko
Director
Dmitri Shinkarenko
Screenplay
Leonid Andreyev
Novel
Valentin Piganov
Director of Photography
Andrei Vatsura
Director of Photography
Igor Kefalidi
Original Music Composer
Tatyana Belousova
Editor
Tatyana Chapayeva
Costume Design
Tatyana Trelyudova
Costume Design
Mikhail Bogdanov
Production Design
Pavel Ilyshev
Production Design
