A young man arrives in a village to visit his uncle, a retired colonel, and finds the local community "enslaved" by a man who, according to him, "will remain in history." The situation develops into a tragicomedy and takes on elements of phantasmagoria.
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Sergei Yursky
Фома Опискин
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Pavel Khomsky Director · Konstantin Antropov Director Fyodor Dostoevsky Author
First release March 18, 1999 · Produced in Russia · Original title Фома Опискин
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Original title
Фома Опискин
Original language
Russian
Release dates
Russia · March 18, 1999
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