''A Man Before His Time'' (russian: Преждевременный человек) is a 1971 Soviet drama film directed by

Abram Room Abram Matveyevich Room (russian: Абрам Матвеевич Роом; 28 June 1894 in Wilno, Russian Empire (now Vilnius, Lithuania) – 26 July 1976 in Moscow) was a Russian film director. He was a People's Artist of the RSFSR and winner of the ...

. It is based on ''Yakov Bogomolov'', an unfinished play by

Maxim Gorky Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (russian: link=no, Алексе́й Макси́мович Пешко́в; – 18 June 1936), popularly known as Maxim Gorky (russian: Макси́м Го́рький, link=no), was a Russian writer and social ...

(ca. 1916).

Plot

The film is set in the Karadag coast of the

Crimea Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a pop ...

at the turn of the 20th century. It tells about the engineer Bogomolov, who is so passionate about his work that he does not notice how his wife cheats on him and his friends betray him.

Cast

Igor Kvasha Igor Vladimirovich Kvasha (russian: Игорь Владимирович Кваша; 4 February 1933 — 30 August 2012) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor. He was a leading actor of Sovremennik Theater. Igor Kvasha was one of the So ...

as Yakov Bogomolov *

Anastasiya Vertinskaya Anastasiya Alexandrovna Vertinskaya (russian: link=no, Анастасия Александровна Вертинская, born 19 December 1944, Moscow, Soviet Union) is a Soviet and Russian actress, who came to prominence in the early 1960s ...

as Olga Borisovna * Aleksandr Kalyagin as Nikon Bukeyev * Boris Ivanov as Uncle Jean *

Nina Shatskaya Nina Arkadyevna Shatskaya (russian: Нина Аркадьевна Шацкая, April 22, 1966, Rybinsk, USSR) is a Music of Russia, Russian singer and actress, best known for her jazzy take on the Russian Romance (music), romance heritage. Stay ...

as Nina Arkadyevna *

Valentin Smirnitskiy Valentin Georgievich Smirtinsky (russian: Валентин Георгиевич Смирнитский; born 10 June 1944 in Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. People's Artist of Russia (2005). Filmography * ''Walking the Stree ...

as Boris Ladygin * Irina Varley as Verochka * Anatoliy Adoskin as Naum * Tatyana Lukyanova as DunyashaПреждевременный человек (1972) Full Cast & Crew
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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Man Before His Time, A 1971 films 1970s Russian-language films Soviet drama films Films based on works by Maxim Gorky 1971 drama films