Pro urodov i lyudey (Of Freaks and Men) (1998)
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Alexlei Balabanov (Brother) directed this period film, set in turn-of-the-century St. Petersburg, where a middle-class family and an upper-class family both become intertwined with pornographic photographer Johann (Sergei Makovetsky). Dr. Stasov (Alexandr Mezentsev) treats railroad engineer Radlov… More Alexlei Balabanov (Brother) directed this period film, set in turn-of-the-century St. Petersburg, where a middle-class family and an upper-class family both become intertwined with pornographic photographer Johann (Sergei Makovetsky). Dr. Stasov (Alexandr Mezentsev) treats railroad engineer Radlov (Igor Shibanov). Johann takes an interest in the doctor's maid (Tatyana Polonskaya) and Radlov's daughter (Dinara Drukarova), Johann's sister Grunya (Darya Lesnikova) is Radlov's mistress, Johann is thwarted in his lust for Lisa -- until Grunya takes over Radlov's estate after the engineer's death. Filmed with a tint to resemble sepia photographs of the period. Shown in the Directors Fortnight section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
- Directed By
- Aleksei Balabanov, Aleksey Balabanov
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- May 20, 1998 Wide
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Cast
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Sergei Makovetsky
as Johann
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Dinara Drukarova
as Lisa
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Lisa Nevolina
as Ekaterina Kirillovna
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Viktor Sukhorukov
as Victor Ivanovich
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Chingiz Tsydendabayev
as Tolya
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Alyesha De
as Kolya
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Vadim Prokhorov
as Pytilov
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Alexandr Mezentsev
as Dr. Stasov
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Dariya Lesnikova
as Grunya
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Igor Shibanov
as Radlov
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Tatyana Polonskaya
as Darya
- Aleksei De
- Anzhelika Nevolina
