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02/10/1992 Animation, Drama 0h 20m
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Overview

An animated short film based on the 1877 short story written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It chronicles the experiences of a man who decides that there is nothing to live for in the world, and is therefore determined to commit suicide. A chance encounter with a young girl changes his mind.

  1. Aleksandr Petrov

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy

    Narrator (voice)

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A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-04-07
Yet again, Petrov's attention to expressive detail is superb in this adaptation of Dostoevsky's story. We meet a man travelling on a train - well his body is, his mind is elsewhere. The dull, monotonic, narration tells us he is dwelling on the futility of his life and on thoughts of a bullet putting him out of his misery. Walking home he meets a young urchin who begs for help. He walks on by, ignoring her pleas, and goes to bed. It's in his dreams that we spend much of the next ten minutes and I found these to fairly biblical at times. Idyllic in nature to start then becoming more corrupt and ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
Russian

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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