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Black monk / Stage Russia HD, Kinematika Production Studio, Moscow Young Generation Theatre ; Anton Chekhov ; directed by Kama Ginkas ; Stage Russia managing director and producer, Eddie Aronoff.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Russian
- Subjects (All):
- Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904--Adaptations.
- Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich.
- Genre:
- Filmed performances.
- Drama.
- Theatrical adaptations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (111 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Moscow, Russia : Stage Russia, 2017.
- Language Note:
- In Russian, with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Based on the short story by Anton Chekhov, Kama Ginkas' astounding reimagining highlights and builds off of the Chekhovian tension between the beauty of life and the tragedy of how it is lived. The story tells the the tale of philosophy student Andrey Vasil'ich Kovrin. On the verge of a nervous breakdown, Kovrin decides to visit his childhood friend Tanya Pesotsky at the estate of her father. As he and Tanya develop a relationship and eventually marry, a black monk of legend begins appearing to Kovrin in visions. Though these hallucinations at first imbue the young man with joy and energy, they eventually lead to his ruin.
- Participant:
- Sergey Makovetskiy (Andrey Kovrin) Valeriy Barinov (Yegor Pesotsky), Julia Svezhakova (Tanya Pesotskaya), Igor Yasulovich (Black Monk).
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed July 19, 2021).
- OCLC:
- 1264102584
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