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The Humorist

Film

The Humorist

4.7

1h 40m

2019

Synopsis

The Humorist is a film about a week in the life of Boris Arkadiev, a fictional Soviet stand-up comedian. Boris is tormented not only by external oppression and censorship but also by his own insecurities that poison all his relationships.

Director

Mikhail Idov

DramaComedy

soviet unioncensorship1980sstand-up comedian

Cast & Crew

Alexey Agranovich

Alexey Agranovich

as Boris Arkadiev

Semen Shteinberg

Semen Shteinberg

as Semyon Greenberg

Alisa Khazanova

Alisa Khazanova

as Elvira Arkadieva

Vilma Kutavičiūtė

Vilma Kutavičiūtė

as Inara

Pavel Ilyin

Pavel Ilyin

as Alexei Budovskiy

Daniel Shifrin

as Ilya

Polina Aug

Polina Aug

as Lina Morozova

Artem Volobuev

Artem Volobuev

as Alexander Nikonov

Yuri Kolokolnikov

Yuri Kolokolnikov

as Maxim Shepelin

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