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An omnibus film to rival the power and beauty of classic Soviet silent cinema, Unknown Era was made to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution. It was still shelved for almost 20 years, as its unsentimental depiction of the early days of the Bolshevik regime was considered negative. Shepitko’s segment, Homeland of Electricity, recounts a young engineer’s efforts to introduce electric power to a famine-stricken village. (Independent Cinema Office)
(more)Cast
![Игорь Класс](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/642/158642887_7d5770.jpg)
Игорь Класс
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Žila-byla odna baba (2011)
Beginning of an Unknown Era (1967)
The Savage Hunt of King Stach (1979)
Viktor Pomortsev
Best movies:
Reed Paradise (1989)
Beginning of an Unknown Era (1967)
![Nikolai Gubenko](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/968/161968573_b3d741.jpg)
Nikolai Gubenko
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Prishyol soldat s fronta (1971)
They Fought for Their Country (1975)
Proshu slova (1975)
![Georgiy Burkov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/499/499096_3e083d.jpg)
Georgiy Burkov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Cat Who Walked by Herself (1988)
Father Sergius (1978)
Office Romance (1977)
![Lyudmila Polyakova](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/639/158639949_09b2f4.jpg)
Lyudmila Polyakova
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Doctor Zhivago (2005) (series)
The Ascent (1977)
The Commissar (1967)
![Леонид Кулагин](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/505/162505405_2ca3db.jpg)
Леонид Кулагин
Soviet Union
Best movies:
![Nikolai Fyodorovich Yakovchenko](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/872/162872870_26cb4e.jpg)
Nikolai Fyodorovich Yakovchenko
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka (1961)
Viy or Spirit of Evil (1967)
Beginning of an Unknown Era (1967)
Nikolai Olejnik
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Beginning of an Unknown Era (1967)
Russian Cannibal (2004)
Mykola Oliynyk
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The White Bird Marked with Black (1970)
Beginning of an Unknown Era (1967)
Kapitan 'Piligrima' (1986)
Viktor Kosych
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Cold Summer of 1953 (1988)
Novye priklyucheniya neulovimykh (1968)
Beginning of an Unknown Era (1967)