Beginning of an Unknown Era

Two young directors adapted the short stories of two Russian authors whose works had been banned for decades, and so their film ended up in the censor’s vault as well – for twenty years. Both tales look back to the post-revolutionary era: 'Angel' (Olesha) speaks tragically of the brutality and destruction of the time, and 'The Homeland of Electricity' (Platonov) captures its haunting grotesquery.

Directors

Andrey Smirnov, Larisa Shepitko

Writers

Boris Yermolayev, Mikhail Suslov, Ilya Suslov, Larisa Shepitko

Released

December 31, 1967

Language

Russian