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Anathema

6.0 45 mins History   1960
Director(s): Sergei Gippius

It is year 1900 in Pre-Revolutionary Russia and Deacon Olympius begins to take interest in secular literature. When he stumbles upon a book by Tolstoy, he is humbled and inspired to lead a just life. Based on a story by Aleksandr Kuprin.

Casts of Anathema

Stepan Krylov

as Deacon Olympius

Igor Efimov

as student

Nikolay Gavrilov

as the Dean

Aleksandr Afanasev

as merchant

Fyodor Nikitin

as liberal

Pavel Pervushin

as wood cutter

Tamara Timofeeva

as townswoman

Arkadi Trusov

as merchant

Yevgeni Grigoryev

as gentleman in the church

Lev Stepanov

as church chorister

Klavdiya Fadeeva

as deacon’s wife

Svetlana Mazovetskaya

as lady donating to the poor (uncredited)

Nikolai Simonov

as voiceover

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