Jan 01, 1960
45 min
Full-HD

Anathema (1960)

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.

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Stepan Krylov

Deacon Olympius

Igor Efimov

student

Nikolay Gavrilov

the Dean

Aleksandr Afanasev

merchant

Lyubov Malinovskaya

Fyodor Nikitin

liberal

Pavel Pervushin

wood cutter

Tamara Timofeeva

townswoman

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