Based on the play of the same name by Leo Tolstoy. According to Fyodor Protasov, the surrounding life is riddled with dirt and falsehood. He does not want to participate "in all this dirty trick", he does not have the courage to fight it, and he chooses the third way — to stage suicide.
Released: Jul 11, 1969
Runtime: 134 minutes
Genre: Drama
Stars: Aleksey Batalov, Alla Demidova, Oleg Basilashvili, Lidiya Shtykan, Elena Chyornaya, Sofiya Pilyavskaya
Crew: Vladimir Vengerov (Director), Isaac Schwarts (Music), Vladimir Vengerov (Writer), Leo Tolstoy (Theatre Play), Yevgeni Nesterov (Sound), Nikolai Suvorov (Production Design)