The End of the World

  • Genre: Comedy
  • Run time: 85 min
  • Premiere: 1963. June 24.

A satirical comedy with elements of metaphysical horror about religion in rural 1960s Soviet Russia. Notable for using first-person pseudo-documentary "found footage" technique framing the movie as the creation of the protagonist, who is returns to his home village from the city to discover that a local drunk has formed a doomsday cult.

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Stanislav Sokolov

Sasha Likardokin

Stanislav Lyubshin

father Michail

Daya Smirnova

mother Klavdiya

Vladimir Ratomsky

old man Pafnutiy

Yuri Kharchenko

Grisha Zubarik

Pyotr Lyubeshkin

Egor Ivanovich

Viktor Sergachyov

local militia man

Oleg Vidov

Akulina's dead son

Viktor Markin

doctor (uncredited)

Kseniya Kozmina

Polya's mother (uncredited)

Iya Marks

Akulina

Art

Olga Bednova

Production Design

Camera

Lev Rogozin

Director of Photography

Aleksandr Khvostov

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Mariam Bykhovskaya

Costume Design

Mariya Sheleg

Makeup & Hair

Directing

Boris Buneev

Director

Editing

Production

Sound

Yevgeniy Ptichkin

Original Music Composer

Aleksandr Golyzhenkov

Sound Director

Writing

Natalya Torchinskaya

Script Editor

E. Mayat

Script Consultant

Art

Olga Bednova

Production Design

Camera

Lev Rogozin

Director of Photography

Aleksandr Khvostov

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Mariam Bykhovskaya

Costume Design

Mariya Sheleg

Makeup & Hair

Directing

Boris Buneev

Director

Editing

Production

Sound

Yevgeniy Ptichkin

Original Music Composer

Aleksandr Golyzhenkov

Sound Director

Writing

Natalya Torchinskaya

Script Editor

E. Mayat

Script Consultant