THE END OF THE WORLD (1963)

The End of the World
Not Rated
The End of the World
Comedy
June 24, 1963
Russian
1h 25m
Soviet Union
Gorky Film Studios

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 & Characters

Stanislav Sokolov

Sasha Likardokin

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

Yevgeni Kryuchkov

Fedya

Yuri Kharchenko

Grisha Zubarik

Pyotr Lyubeshkin

Egor Ivanovich

Viktor Sergachyov

local militia man

Nikolai Pazhitnov

lecturer

Oleg Vidov

Akulina's dead son

Viktor Markin

doctor (uncredited)

Kseniya Kozmina

Polya's mother (uncredited)

Iya Marks

Akulina

Crew

Boris Buneev

Director

Vasiliy Solovyov

Writer

Yevgeniy Ptichkin

Original Music Composer

Lev Rogozin

Director of Photography

Aleksandr Khvostov

Director of Photography

Stepan Puchinyan

Producer