Directed by:
Konstantin LopushanskiyCinematography:
Dimitriy MassCast:
Maria Järvenhelmi, Leonid Mozgovoy, Maksim Sukhanov, Yuriy Itskov, Борис Каморзин, Anastasiya Sheveleva, Lev Eliseev, Dmitriy Sutyrin, Игорь Головин (more)Plots(1)
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. (Moscow International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Maria Järvenhelmi
Finland
Best movies:
Naked Harbour (2012)
The Other Side of Hope (2017)
Ambush (1999)
Leonid Mozgovoy
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Border (2007)
Ugly Swans (2006)
Russian Ark (2002)
Maksim Sukhanov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Mummy (1999)
Strana gluchich (1998)
One Breath (2019)
Yuriy Itskov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Italian (2005)
The Spacewalker (2017)
The Little Moscow (2008)
Борис Каморзин
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Demons (2014) (series)
Tycoon (2002)
Antikiller (2002)
Anastasiya Sheveleva
Best movies:
Twilight (2005)
Paper Soldier (2008)
My Joy (2010)
Lev Eliseev
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Idiot (2003) (series)
Russian Ark (2002)
Taurus (2001)
Dmitriy Sutyrin
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Admiral (2009) (series)
Tri muškeťora (2013)
V2. Escape from Hell (2021)
Игорь Головин
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Chekist (1992)
Saving Leningrad (2019)
Peculiarities of the National Politics (2003)
Галина Сумина
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Raspoutine (2011) (TV movie)
Olesya Pukhovaya
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Hipsters (2008)
Five Brides (2011)
Sniper - Weapon of Retribution (2009) (TV movie)
Yakov Shamshin
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Tri muškeťora (2013)
Žila-byla odna baba (2011)
Kalashnikov (2020)
Анна Геллер
Soviet Union
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Aleksandr Efremov
East Germany
Best movies:
Dneiperline: Love and War (2009)
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Sergey Vlasov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
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Зинаида Зубкова
Soviet Union
Best movies:
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Tamara Mironova
Soviet Union
Best movies:
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Franz+Polina (2006)
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Sergey Mardar
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Sherlock Holmes (2013) (series)
Little Monsters (2022)
Aleksey Kashnikov
Best movies:
Gibel imperii (2005) (series)
The Cuckoo (2002)
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Ольга Калмыкова
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Pitěr FM (2006)
Burnt by the Sun 2: Citadel (2011)