''Russian Symphony'' ( ''Russkaya simfoniya'') is a 1994 Russian psychological drama film directed by

Konstantin Lopushansky Konstantin Sergeyevich Lopushansky (russian: Константин Сергеевич Лопушанский; born June 12, 1947) is a Soviet and Russian film director, film theorist and author. He is best known for directing the apocalyptic and po ...

and starring Viktor Mikhaylov. The narrative is set in a dark version of contemporary Russia where the world seems to be coming to an end through a flood. A man is desperate to do something good with his life before it ends, but is mostly met with suspicion. The film ties in thematically with Lopushansky's other apocalyptic films, ''

Dead Man's Letters ''Dead Man's Letters'' (russian: Письма мёртвого человека, Pis'ma myortvogo cheloveka), also known as ''Letters from a Dead Man'', is a 1986 Soviet post-apocalyptic drama film directed and written by Konstantin Lopushansky. ...

'' (1986), ''

A Visitor to a Museum ''A Visitor to a Museum'' (russian: Посетитель музея, translit. Posetitel muzeya) is a 1989 Soviet post-apocalyptic drama film directed and written by Konstantin Lopushansky Konstantin Sergeyevich Lopushansky (russian: Ко ...

'' (1989) and ''

The Ugly Swans ''The Ugly Swans'' (russian: Гадкие лебеди) is a science fiction novel by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. In the USSR, it was published in 1987, in the Latvian magazine ''Daugava'', with the title "The Time of Rains" (russian: Время ...

'' (2006), and is the most overtly religious of them. It played in the Forum section of the

45th Berlin International Film Festival The 45th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 9 to 22 February 1995. The Golden Bear was awarded to French film '' The Bait'' directed by Bertrand Tavernier. The retrospective dedicated to American actor Buster Keaton was show ...

and received the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury.

Cast

* Viktor Mikhaylov as Ivan Sergeyevich Mazayev * Aleksandr Ilyin as Sanya *

Kira Kreylis-Petrova Kira Alexandrovna Kreylis-Petrova (russian: Кира Александровна Крейлис-Петрова; 1 July 1931 – 12 May 2021) was a Soviet and Russian stage, television, and film actress. She was an Honored Artist of Russia (1993). ...

as Valentina Ivanovna Mazdukhina * Valentina Kovel as Semyonovna * Mikhail Khrabrov as General *Valentin Golubenko as Giliuli * Natalya Akimova as Teacher * Nora Gryakalova as Teacher * Aleksey Ingelevich * Nikolai Levykin as

Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (2 March 1931 – 30 August 2022) was a Soviet politician who served as the 8th and final leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to dissolution of the Soviet Union, the country's dissolution in 1991. He served a ...

Valery Garkalin Valery Borisovich Garkalin (russian: Вале́рий Бори́сович Гарка́лин; 11 April 1954 – 20 November 2021) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor. He was awarded the People's Artist of the Russian Federation in 2008 ...

as Borisych *

Andrey Krasko Andrey Ivanovich Krasko (russian: Андре́й Ива́нович Краско́; 10 August 1957, Leningrad, USSR — 4 July 2006, Odessa, Ukraine) was a Russian theatre and cinema actor. Andrey Krasko first experienced theatrical production as ...

as Cossack

References

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* 1994 films 1994 drama films 1990s psychological drama films 1990s fantasy drama films Christian apocalyptic films Cultural depictions of Mikhail Gorbachev Films directed by Konstantin Lopushansky Russian fantasy drama films Russian dystopian films 1990s Russian-language films Lenfilm films {{Russia-film-stub