Beginning of an Unknown Era

Beginning of an Unknown Era

73 mins | Drama, War | Dec. 31, 1967

Two young directors adapted the short stories of two Russian authors whose works had been banned for decades, and so their film ended up in the censor’s vault as well – for twenty years. Both tales look back to the post-revolutionary era: 'Angel' speaks tragically of the brutality and destruction of the time, and 'The Homeland of Electricity' captures its haunting grotesquery.

Beginning of an Unknown Era

73 mins | Drama, War | Dec. 31, 1967

Beginning of an Unknown Era
Two young directors adapted the short stories of two Russian authors whose works had been banned for decades, and so their film ended up in the censor’s vault as well – for twenty years. Both tales look back to the post-revolutionary era: 'Angel' speaks tragically of the brutality and destruction of the time, and 'The Homeland of Electricity' captures its haunting grotesquery.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Experimental Film Studio, Moscow
Original title Начало неведомого века
Directors Genrikh Gabay, Andrey Smirnov, Larisa Shepitko
Writers Ilya Suslov, Boris Yermolayev, Larisa Shepitko, Mikhail Suslov

Cast

Igor Klass

as Ангел