Summary A small provincial town. The inhabitants are bored, apathetic and bitter... Peredonov, a modest high school teacher, dreams about a promotion and moving to the capital. Gradually his dream becomes an obsession. Varvara, his second cousin who dreams about marrying him, writes a promising letter about an invitation to Saint-Petersburg on behalf of the capital's princess. But the teacher's dreams aren't meant to come true: he becomes a victim of his own insanity and kills his friend and the hateful Varvara... View more details
Directed : Nikolay Dostal
Written : Georgiy Nikolaev Fyodor Sologub
Stars : Polina Kutepova Irina Rozanova Sergey Taramaev Aleksey Elistratov
Genres : Mystery Drama
Release date : Feb 6, 1995
Countries of origin : Russia
Language : Russian
Production companies : Mosfilm Roskomkino Vremya
Summary A small provincial town. The inhabitants are bored, apathetic and bitter... Peredonov, a modest high school teacher, dreams about a promotion and moving to the capital. Gradually his dream becomes an obsession. Varvara, his second cousin who dreams about marrying him, writes a promising letter about an invitation to Saint-Petersburg on behalf of the capital's princess. But the teacher's dreams aren't meant to come true: he becomes a victim of his own insanity and kills his friend and the hateful Varvara... View more details
Genres : Mystery Drama
Release date : Feb 6, 1995
Countries of origin : Russia
Language : Russian
Production companies : Mosfilm Roskomkino Vremya
