Summary "The Role" is about a brilliant actor in revolutionary Russia who takes on the greatest role of his life -- the role of another man. Influenced by the ideas of symbolism and the Silver Age, he decides to slip into the life of his doppelganger - a revolutionary leader in the new Soviet Russia. First intrigued, then obsessed, he flings himself into the role and lives it to the hilt... even when the play of the life he is writing heads towards a tragic finale. Based on true incidents in the lives of Russia's symbolists, this gripping film explores how far one man will go for the role of a lifetime. View more details
Directed : Konstantin Lopushanskiy
Written : Pavel Finn Konstantin Lopushanskiy
Stars : Maksim Sukhanov Dmitriy Sutyrin Anastasiya Shevelyova Maria Järvenhelmi
Genres : Drama History
Release date : Sep 29, 2013
Countries of origin : Germany Finland Russia Belarus
Official sites : Proline Film
Language : Russian Finnish
Filming locations : Minsk, Belarus
Production companies : Belarusfilm Lenfilm Studio Proline Film
Summary "The Role" is about a brilliant actor in revolutionary Russia who takes on the greatest role of his life -- the role of another man. Influenced by the ideas of symbolism and the Silver Age, he decides to slip into the life of his doppelganger - a revolutionary leader in the new Soviet Russia. First intrigued, then obsessed, he flings himself into the role and lives it to the hilt... even when the play of the life he is writing heads towards a tragic finale. Based on true incidents in the lives of Russia's symbolists, this gripping film explores how far one man will go for the role of a lifetime. View more details
Genres : Drama History
Release date : Sep 29, 2013
Countries of origin : Germany Finland Russia Belarus
Official sites : Proline Film
Language : Russian Finnish
Filming locations : Minsk, Belarus
Production companies : Belarusfilm Lenfilm Studio Proline Film
