The Humorist

Mar 1, 2019

1h 40m

★ 4.7

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Hype Film

MetraFilms

SAGa

Central Partnership

Sirena Film

Tasse Film

All Media A Start Company

Czech Film Fund

Eurimages

Droog Drooga

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Cast

Boris Arkadiev

Alexey Agranovich

Semyon Greenberg

Semen Shteinberg

Elvira Arkadieva

Alisa Khazanova

Inara

Vilma Kutavičiūtė

Alexei Budovskiy

Pavel Ilyin

Ilya

Daniel Shifrin

Lina Morozova

Polina Aug

Alexander Nikonov

Artem Volobuev

Maxim Shepelin

Yuri Kolokolnikov

Galya

Olga Dibtseva

Miyelavs

Kristians Karelins

Olga

Yuliya Aug

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