The End of the World (1963)

A satirical comedy with elements of metaphysical horror about religion in rural 1960s Soviet Russia. Notable for using first-person pseudo-documentary "found footage" technique framing the movie as the creation of the protagonist, who is returns to his home village from the city to discover that a local drunk has formed a doomsday cult.

Cast (18)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Stanislav Sokolov

Sasha Likardokin

Y

Yevgeniya Kolmykova

Polya

Tatyana Pelttser

Matryona

Vitali Politseymako

Filin

Stanislav Lyubshin

father Michail

Daya Smirnova

mother Klavdiya

Varvara Popova

Agafya

Vladimir Ratomsky

old man Pafnutiy

Y

Yevgeni Kryuchkov

Fedya

Y

Yuri Kharchenko

Grisha Zubarik

Pyotr Lyubeshkin

Egor Ivanovich

Viktor Sergachyov

local militia man

N

Nikolay Pazhitnov

lecturer

Iya Marks

Akulina

Oleg Vidov

Akulina's dead son

Viktor Markin

(uncredited)

K

Kseniya Kozmina

(uncredited)

M

Mikhail Aleksandrovskiy

(uncredited)

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