Temptation of B.
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The story of a writer who accidentally stumbles across the elixir of immortality and in doing so encounters the small group of immortals who have jealously guarded this secret for centuries. Once the writer has knowledge of this elixir, called 'Mafussalin', the group of five immortals give him a stark choice: either join them, with the price of admission, being a duel to the death between the immortal who accidentally gave the secret away or death at the hands of the group. As the writer makes up his mind, sometimes aided and at other times opposed by the ever shifting alliances from within the group, we discover how the other immortals became this way, their true ages and what they have done with this 'gift'.
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Lembit Ulfsak
Феликс Александрович Снегирёв, писатель
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Natalya Gundareva
Наталья Петровна, она же Маркиза
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Autumn Marathon
Arkadiy Strugatskiy
Arkadiy Sirenko
Edison Denisov
Oleg Borisov
Иван Давыдович Мартынюк, он же Магистр
Known for
Trial on the Road
Boris Strugatskiy
Evgeny Guslinsky
Vladimir Zeldin
Павел Павлович, он же Князь
Known for
Carnival Night
Valery Kostrin
Stanislav Sadalskiy
Константин Курдюков, он же Басаврюк
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Aleksandr Pashutin
Ротмистр
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Arkadiy Sirenko Director · Semyon Pozdnyakov Director Arkadiy Strugatskiy Writer
First release October 5, 1990 · Produced in Russia · Production Gosfilmfond Russia
Production
Laterna Film
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Gosfilmfond Russia
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Russia
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Original title
Искушение Б.
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · October 5, 1990
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No release date listed for United States.
Russia
July 1, 1991 · Theatrical
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