A Simple Death

Story

Synopsis

When a middle-aged high-court judge in 19th-century Russia starts to experience a sharp pain in his side, he soon finds himself bedridden with an undiagnosed terminal illness. Face-to-face with his own mortality, he becomes increasingly introspective and emotional as he ponders the reason for his acute suffering and imminent death.

Director

Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy

Writers

Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy, Leo Tolstoy

Language

Russian

Country

Soviet Union

Release date

4 March 1985

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Valeriy Priyomykhov

  Ivan Ilyich Golovin

• 

  Alisa Freyndlikh

  Praskovya Fyodorovna Golovina

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  Vytautas Paukste

  Dr. Mikhail Danilovich

• 

  Karina Moritts

  Lisa Golovina

• 

  Mikhail Danilov

  Narrator

• Edwald Smirnov

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  Tamara Timofeeva

  Nanny

• Stanislav Churkin

  Priest

• 

  Anatoliy Khudoleev

  Pyotr Ivanovich

• A. Bukhvalov

• 

  Vladimir Starostin

• 

  Yuri Serov