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It (1989 Film)
''It'' (russian: Оно) is a 1989 Soviet comedy film directed by :ru:Овчаров, Сергей Михайлович, Sergei Ovcharov and based on the satirical novel The History of a Town by Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin. While Saltykov-Shchedrin's novel was written in the 19th century, ''It'' was filmed as a satire on the Soviet Union, which is portrayed in the film in a dystopian and surreal way.https://books.google.com/books?id=F_hQEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA457&dq=ovcharov+it+1989&hl=ru&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj7torAk-f7AhVnlosKHYRwDr8Q6AF6BAgJEAI#v=onepage&q=ovcharov%20it%201989&f=false Plot The film tells the story of the development of the city of Glupov. Cast * Rolan Bykov as Ferdyshchenko * Natalya Gundareva as Klementinka de Burbon * Svetlana Nikolaevna Kryuchkova, Svetlana Kryuchkova as Amaliya Stokfish * Elena Sanaeva as Iraida * Margarita Terekhova as Anelka Lydohovskaya * Yuriy Demich as Ugryum-Burcheev * Leonid Kuravlyov as Borodavkin * Rodion Nahapetov as Erast Grustilov (as Rodion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The History Of A Town
''The History of a Town'' ( pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform rus, История одного города, Istoriya odnogo goroda) is a 1870 novel by Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin. The plot presents the history of the town of Glupov (can be translated Foolsville), a grotesque microcosm of the Russian Empire. Written in the Era of the Great Reforms in the 19th century, it was neglected for a long time and rediscovered only in the 20th century. It is regarded by critics as the author's masterpiece and sometimes even compared to Gabriel García Márquez's '' One Hundred Years of Solitude''. Background In the 1867-1868 Saltykov-Shchedrin stopped working upon the cycle of satirical sketches ''The Pompadours'' and started upon the novel, seeing it a kind of a spin-off for the cycle. In January 1869 the two first chapters appeared in the ''Otechestvennye Zapiski'' magazine. A pause followed and lasted till the end of the year: the author wrote and published several satirical fairytales ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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