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.
Director and cast
- Alexey Agranovich as Boris Arkadiev
- Semen Shteinberg as Semyon Greenberg
- Alisa Khazanova as Elvira Arkadieva
- Vilma Kutavičiūtė as Inara
- Pavel Ilyin as Alexei Budovskiy
- Daniel Shifrin as Ilya
- Polina Aug as Lina Morozova
- Artem Volobuev as Alexander Nikonov
- Yuri Kolokolnikov as Maxim Shepelin
- Olga Dibtseva as Galya
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