Directed by:
Aleksey BalabanovScreenplay:
Aleksey BalabanovCast:
Sergey Makovetskiy, Dinara Drukarova, Viktor Sukhorukov, Aleksandr Mezentsev, Mikhail Tryasorukov, Ilya Shakunov, Yuriy Galtsev, Darya Yugrens (more)Plots(1)
Filmed entirely in sepia tone and set in turn of the century Russia, the story is centered on two families and their decline at the hands of one man, Johann, and his pornographic endeavours. Hailed by some as a masterpiece, the movie comments on the decline of Russian society as a result of the rise of capitalism. (Moscow International Film Festival)
Cast
![Sergey Makovetskiy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/294/158294306_6b24c1.jpg)
Sergey Makovetskiy
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Gibel imperii (2005) (series)
Tri bogatyrya na dalnikh beregakh (2012)
Tri bogatyrja i Šamachanskaja carica (2010)
![Dinara Drukarova](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/265/158265644_0203f2.jpg)
Dinara Drukarova
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Freeze Die Come to Life (1989)
Amour (2012)
Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (2010)
![Viktor Sukhorukov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505204_47c3a1.jpg)
Viktor Sukhorukov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The World Champion (2021)
The Castle (1994)
The Island (2006)
![Aleksandr Mezentsev](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/948/159948678_f156a9.jpg)
Aleksandr Mezentsev
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Gibel imperii (2005) (series)
The Dawns Here Are Quiet (1972)
Of Freaks and Men (1998)
![Mikhail Tryasorukov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/451/161451052_bf3143.jpg)
Mikhail Tryasorukov
Best movies:
Downfall (2004)
Specnaz (2002) (series)
Of Freaks and Men (1998)
![Ilya Shakunov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/832/161832041_87fe90.jpg)
Ilya Shakunov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Of Freaks and Men (1998)
Russian Ark (2002)
Molokh (1999)
![Yuriy Galtsev](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/734/161734415_7661ba.jpg)
Yuriy Galtsev
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Of Freaks and Men (1998)
Sheep & Wolves (2016)
Hitler's Kaput! Super Agents 008 (2008)
Darya Yugrens
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Italian (2005)
Brother 2 (2000)
Of Freaks and Men (1998)
![Борис Смолкин](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/617/162617396_ba327c.jpg)
Борис Смолкин
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Tri muškeťora (2013)
Of Freaks and Men (1998)
Russian Ark (2002)
Анвар Либабов
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Gogol. A Terrible Vengeance (2018)
The Castle (1994)
Gogol. Viy (2018) (TV movie)
Igor Shibanov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Castle (1994)
Brother (1997)
Of Freaks and Men (1998)
Anzhelika Nevolina
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Admiral (2009) (series)
Heart of a Dog (1988) (TV movie)
Cargo 200 (2007)
Tatyana Polonskaya
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Of Freaks and Men (1998)
V2. Escape from Hell (2021)
Ugly Swans (2006)
Valeriy Filonov
Best movies:
Admiral (2009) (series)
My Friend Ivan Lapshin (1984)
Khrustalyov, My Car! (1998)