Story of an Unknown Man (Russian: Рассказ неизвестного человека, romanized: Rasskaz neizvestnogo cheloveka) is a 1980 Russian drama film written and directed by Vytautas Žalakevičius. It was entered into the main competition at the 37th Venice International Film Festival.
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| Directed by | Vytautas Žalakevičius |
| Screenplay by | Vytautas Žalakevičius |
| Starring | Yevgeniya Simonova Alexander Kaidanovsky Georgy Taratorkin Lyudmila Zaytseva |
| Cinematography | Anatoliy Kuznetsov |
| Edited by | Zoya Veryovkina |
| Music by | Georgy Firtich |
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| Language | Russian |
Plot
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Cast
edit- Yevgeniya Simonova as Zinaida Fyodorovna
- Alexander Kaidanovsky as Stepan
- Georgy Taratorkin as Orlov Zhorzh
- Lyudmila Zaytseva as Polina
- Pavel Kadochnikov as Graf Orlov
- Sergey Muchenikov as Kukushkin
- Boris Romanov as Gruzhin
- Ion Ungureanu as Pekarskiy
- Gleb Plaksin
Production
editThe film is an adaptation of the Anton Chekhov's novella The Story of an Unknown Man.[1][2]
Release
editThe film entered the main competition at the 37th edition of the Venice Film Festival.[1]
Reception
editA contemporary Variety review called the film as "bit skimpy in narrative format but [...] lovingly though academically made."[1] Continental Film Review's Peter Cargin noted "the director uses the interiors of the house very well, not 'opening out' the film artificially but moving his players naturally in the settings".[3] Giovanni Grazzini from Corriere della Sera described it as "a film of classical realism, with beautiful melancholic nuances, steeped in melancholy, and guided step by step toward the evocation of a distant world that is no less painful than today's."[4]
References
edit- 1 2 3 Mosk. "Rasskaz O Neisvestnom Celoveke - Story of an Unknown Man". Variety Film Reviews, Vol. 15. Bowker. p. 590. ISBN 978-0-8352-2795-7.
- ↑ Perona, Piero (1 September 1980). "Grida dall'America Latina e Cechov". La Stampa. p. 17.
- ↑ Cargin, Peter (November 1980). "Venice 1980". Continental Film Review. Vol. 28, no. 337. pp. 8–9.
- ↑ Grazzini, Giovanni (2 September 1980). "Uno è sconosciuto, l'altro tristemente noto". Corriere della Sera. p. 18.
