Small Demon

1995 Russian film
  • Fyodor Sologub (novel)
  • Georgiy Nikolaev
Produced by
  • Mikhail Gluzman
  • Nikolai Stambula
Starring
  • Sergey Taramaev
  • Irina Rozanova
  • Polina Kutepova
  • Aleksey Elistratov
  • Sergey Batalov
CinematographyValeriy ShuvalovEdited byMariya SergeyevaMusic by
  • Aleksandr Belyayev
  • Nikolay Karetnikov
Production
company
Mosfilm
Release date
  • January 1995 (1995-01)
Running time
107 min.CountryRussiaLanguageRussian

Small Demon (Russian: Мелкий бес, romanized: Melkiy bes) is a 1995 Russian mystery drama film directed by Nikolay Dostal.[1][2]

Plot

The film takes place in a small provincial town, populated by boring and stupid people. Gymnasium teacher Ardalyon Borisovich Peredonov dreams of moving to the capital, his second cousin Varvara wants to marry him and begins to write him letters of invitation to St. Petersburg on behalf of the Princess.[3]

Cast

  • Sergey Taramaev as Peredonov
  • Irina Rozanova as Varvara
  • Polina Kutepova as Lyudmila
  • Aleksey Elistratov as Pylnikov
  • Sergey Batalov as Volodin
  • Aleksey Mironov as Khripach, director of the gymnasium
  • Gennady Nazarov as Rutilov
  • Agrippina Steklova as Daria
  • Kseniya Kutepova as Valeriya
  • Elena Mayorova[4][5] as Vershina
  • Tatyana Kravchenko as Yershikha
  • Roman Madyanov as Tcherepnin
  • Aleksei Kravchenko as gymnastics teacher
  • Galina Stakhanova as Kokovkina

References

  1. ^ Михалков получил спецприз на кинофестивале в Нижнем Новгороде
  2. ^ Страшная смерть Елены Майоровой до сих пор будоражит её поклонников
  3. ^ Мелкий бес // КиноПоиск
  4. ^ Small Demon (1995) Full Cast / Crew
  5. ^ Юбилей Елены Майоровой
  • Small Demon at IMDb