Aleksandr FAINTSIMMER
Александр ФАЙНЦИММЕР
Aleksandr FAINTSIMMER
USSR, 1955, 102mn 
Colour, fiction
The Gadfly
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Овод

 

 Le Taon

 Ovod

 
Directed by : Aleksandr FAINTSIMMER (Александр ФАЙНЦИММЕР)
Writing credits : Evgeniy GABRILOVICH (Евгений ГАБРИЛОВИЧ)
 
Cast
Vladimir CHESTNOKOV (Владимир ЧЕСТНОКОВ)
Boris DMOKHOVSKY (Борис ДМОХОВСКИЙ) ...Commandant de la ville
Vladimir ETUSH (Владимир ЭТУШ) ...Martini
Antoni KHODURSKY (Антоний ХОДУРСКИЙ)
Yefim KOPELIAN (Ефим КОПЕЛЯН) ...Capitaine
Anna LISIANSKAYA (Анна ЛИСЯНСКАЯ)
Vadim MEDVEDEV (Вадим МЕДВЕДЕВ) ...Jovanni Bollo
Ruben SIMONOV (Рубен СИМОНОВ)
Nikolay SIMONOV (Николай СИМОНОВ) ...Cardinal Montanelli
Oleg STRIZHENOV (Олег СТРИЖЕНОВ) ...Arthur (Ovod)
Mariana STRIZHENOVA (Мариана СТРИЖЕНОВА) ...Gemma
Semyon SVASHENKO (Семён СВАШЕНКО) ...Markone
Pavel USOVNICHENKO (Павел УСОВНИЧЕНКО)
Yelena YUNGER (Елена ЮНГЕР)
 
Cinematography : Andrey MOSKVIN (Андрей МОСКВИН)
Production design : Evgeniy ENEJ (Евгений ЕНЕЙ)
Music : Dmitry SHOSTAKOVICH (Дмитрий ШОСТАКОВИЧ)
Sound : Ilya VOLK (Илья ВОЛК)
Production : Lenfilm
Spectators : 35,2 millions of spectators
Release date in Russia : 12/04/1955
 
Sites : IMDb, Lenfilm

Plot synopsis
The action takes place in Italy in the 1830s. Young Arthur falls victim to the betrayal of his confessor, who learns during confession about the existence of the secret society “Young Italy” and reports it to the Austrian gendarmerie. Arthur's friends consider him a traitor. At the same time, Arthur learns that Father Montanelli, his spiritual mentor, whom he revered as a model of honesty and infallibility, broke his vow of celibacy in the past and is his father. Arthur disappears... Thirteen years later, a bold and determined revolutionary named Rivas emerges in Italy's national liberation movement, publishing sharp criticism of the reactionary government and the Catholic clergy in the press...
 

Commentaries
Олегу Стриженову - 95: Пять фильмов актера, которому не нравилось, когда его называли "советским Алленом Делоном" [Oleg Strijenov - 95 : Cinq films de l'acteur qui n'aimait pas qu'on l'appelle « l'Allen Delon soviétique »], Александр АЛЕКСЕЕВ, rg.ru, 2024
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Official list of Russian films for school programs, (kinoglaz.fr), 2024
- Thaw Films : 1953-1968, (kinoglaz.fr), 2023

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