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Beginning of an Unknown Era (1967)
73 min | Drama, History

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Beginning of an Unknown Era (1967)

73 min | Drama, History

Three unconnected episodes united by a common theme: the establishment of the Soviet rule in Russia during the civil war of the early 1920s. Depicts dramatic events in simple lives of peasants and soldiers.

Directors

Genrikh Gabay | Larisa Shepitko (segments: Rodina elektrichestva) | Andrey Smirnov (segments: Angel)

Writers

Yuriy Olesha (story) (segments: Angel) (as Yuri Olesha) | Andrey Platonov (story) (segments: Rodina elektrichestva) | Larisa Shepitko (segments: Rodina elektrichestva) | Ilya Suslov (segments: Angel) & 2 more

Producer

Grigoriy Chukhray

Composers

Roman Ledenyov (segments: Rodina elektrichestva) | Alfred Schnittke (segments: Angel) (as Alfred Shnitke)

Cinematographers

Dmitri Korzhikhin (segments: Rodina elektrichestva) | Pavel Lebeshev (segments: Angel)

Editors

Lyudmila Badorina (version: restored) | G. Baranova (segments: Angel) | Valeriya Belova (segments: Rodina elektrichestva) | Lyubov Butuzova (segments: Angel)

Production Designers

Valentin Konovalov (segments: Rodina elektrichestva) | Vladimir Korovin (segments: Angel) | Valeri Kostrin (segments: Rodina elektrichestva)

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Updated Dec 31, 1967

Release date

1967 (Soviet Union)

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22 cast members

Name	Known for
Leonid Kulagin Commissar Parfyonov (segment "Angel") Commissar Parfyonov (segment "Angel") See fewer	Volchitsy (1993)
Sergei Volf (segment "Angel") (segment "Angel") See fewer	Beginning of an Unknown Era (1967)
Georgiy Burkov (segment "Angel") (segment "Angel") See fewer	Bashnya (1987)
Nikolay Gubenko Man with cow (segment "Angel") Man with cow (segment "Angel") See fewer	Podranki (1977)
Lyudmila Polyakova (segment "Angel") (segment "Angel") See fewer	The Ascent (1977)
Tatyana Belikova (segment "Angel") (as Tanya Belikova) (segment "Angel") (as Tanya Belikova) See fewer	Beginning of an Unknown Era (1967)
Igor Klass (segment "Angel") (segment "Angel") See fewer	The Last Soviet Movie (2003)
Vladimir Balon (segment "Angel") (segment "Angel") See fewer	D'artagnan and Three Musketeers (1979)
Viktor Kosykh (segment "Angel") (segment "Angel") See fewer	Neulovimye mstiteli (1967)
V. Sergeyev (segment "Angel") (segment "Angel") See fewer	Beginning of an Unknown Era (1967)
Viktor Pomortsev (segment "Angel") (segment "Angel") See fewer	Prizrak (1991)
Yevgeniy Goryunov (segment "Rodina elektrichestva") (as Evgeniy Goryunov) (segment "Rodina elektrichestva") (as Evgeniy Goryunov) See fewer	Gorod s utra do polunochi (1977)
Sergei Gorbatyuk (segment "Rodina elektrichestva") (segment "Rodina elektrichestva") See fewer	Beginning of an Unknown Era (1967)
Aleksandra Popova (segment "Rodina elektrichestva") (as Alla Popova) (segment "Rodina elektrichestva") (as Alla Popova) See fewer	Battle Beyond the Sun (1959)
Ivan Turchenkov Chunyayev - (segment "Rodina elektrichestva") Chunyayev - (segment "Rodina elektrichestva") See fewer	Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1980)
Ye. Kondratyuk (segment "Rodina elektrichestva") (segment "Rodina elektrichestva") See fewer	Beginning of an Unknown Era (1967)
Fyodor Gladkov (segment "Rodina elektrichestva") (segment "Rodina elektrichestva") See fewer	Enchanted Desna (1964)
Mikhail Golubovich (segment "Potrya") (segment "Potrya") See fewer	Kozaki ydut (1991)
Vitali Doroshenko (segment "Potrya") (segment "Potrya") See fewer	Za pyat sekund do katastrofy (1977)
Galina Nekhayevskaya (segment "Potrya") (segment "Potrya") See fewer	Sovist (1968)
Nikolay Oleynik (segment "Potrya") (segment "Potrya") See fewer	The Big Fight
Nikolay Yakovchenko (segment "Potrya") (segment "Potrya") See fewer	Viy (1967)