When a middle-aged high-court judge in 19th-century Russia starts to experience a sharp pain in his side, he soon finds himself bedridden with an undiagnosed terminal illness. Face-to-face with his own mortality, he becomes increasingly introspective and emotional as he ponders the reason for his acute suffering and imminent death.
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Valeriy Priyomykhov
Ivan Ilyich Golovin
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Alisa Freyndlikh
Praskovya Fyodorovna Golovina
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Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy Director · Leo Tolstoy Author Yury Klimenko Cinematographer
First release March 4, 1985 · Produced in Russia · Original title Простая смерть...
Production
Lenfilm
Production
Russia
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Original title
Простая смерть...
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · March 4, 1985
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No release date listed for United States.
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