

A Simple Death
1985 · 65 min · Drama
When a middle-aged high-court judge in 19th-century Russia starts to experience a sharp pain in his side, he soon finds himself bedridden with an undiagnosed terminal illness. Face-to-face with his own mortality, he becomes increasingly introspective and emotional as he ponders the reason for his acute suffering and imminent death.
- Director
- Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
- Writers
- Leo Tolstoy, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
- Released
- March 4, 1985
- Language
- Russian
Cast

Valeriy Priyomykhov
Ivan Ilyich Golovin

Alisa Freyndlikh
Praskovya Fyodorovna Golovina

Vytautas Paukste
Dr. Mikhail Danilovich

Karina Moritts
Lisa Golovina

Mikhail Danilov
Narrator
Edwald Smirnov

Tamara Timofeeva
Nanny
Stanislav Churkin
Priest

Anatoliy Khudoleev
Pyotr Ivanovich
A. Bukhvalov

Vladimir Starostin

Yuri Serov
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