Beginning of an Unknown Era (1967)

Overview: 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' speaks tragically of the brutality and destruction of the time, and 'The Homeland of Electricity' captures its haunting grotesquery.

Starring: Leonid Kulagin, Sergei Volf, Nikolai Gubenko, Georgi Burkov

Categories: War, Drama