Sergey GERASIMOV
Сергей ГЕРАСИМОВ
Sergueï GUERASSIMOV
USSR / GDR, 1962, 221mn 
Black and white, fiction
The Men and the Beasts
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Люди и звери

 

 Hommes et bêtes / Le Rescapé

 Lyudi i zveri

Other titles : Menschen und Tiere
 
Directed by : Sergey GERASIMOV (Сергей ГЕРАСИМОВ)
Writing credits : Tamara MAKAROVA (Тамара МАКАРОВА)
 
Cast
Tatyana GAVRILOVA (Татьяна ГАВРИЛОВА)
Tamara MAKAROVA (Тамара МАКАРОВА) ...Anna Andreevna
 
Production : Studio Gorko, DEFA (RDA)
Spectators : 39,1 millions of spectators
 
Site : IMDb

Plot synopsis
The point of this long, conventional, and politically nuanced drama about a Soviet citizen's sojourn in Western capitalist lands would be more effective if not so exaggerated. After Pavlov (Nikolai Eremenko) exits the former USSR, he wanders through various sites in Europe and in North and South America, absorbing other cultures and ways of life. Unfortunately for him, what he saw the most was the underbelly of capitalism -- drugs and drunkenness, corruption and immorality. Now that he is safely back in the motherland, he breathes a sigh of relief, though neither the society nor his brother welcome him home with open arms.
Eleanor Mannikka, www.allmovie.com
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Thaw Films : 1953-1968, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- Venice International Film Festival, Venice (Italy), 1962