The bureaucratic epos on the dialogues and plots of Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin "The History of a Town". In a metaphorical and grotesque form, the film conveys the history of Russia from the calling of the Varangians until the end of the 20th century. The film traces the change of the “chiefs” of the county town of Glupov, which differ in varying degrees of tyranny and the corresponding total number of “killed” city residents. The heads of the city easily guess the former heads of the Russian state and the USSR.
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Natalya Gundareva
Clémentine de Bourbon
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Svetlana Kryuchkova
Amalia Stockfisch
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Yelena Sanayeva
Iraida Paleologova
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Margarita Terekhova
Anelka Lyadokhovskaya
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Pyotr Petrovich Ferdyshchenko
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Yuri Demich
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Leonid Kuravlyov
Vasilisk Borodavkin
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Rodion Nahapetov
Erast Grustilov
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Oleg Tabakov
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Olga Pashkova
Alyona Osipova
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Oleg Stefan
Dmitriy Prokofyev
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Mikhail Pakhomenko
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Sergey Ovcharov Director · Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin Author Sergei Kuryokhin Composer
First release December 1, 1989 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Original title Оно
Production
Lenfilm
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Russia · Russia
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Original title
Оно
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · December 1, 1989
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No release date listed for United States.
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