A gold rush tests souls — and this family's greed is about to get biblical.
Gordey's discovery of a gold vein - a test of character that few will pass.
Acting
Bezrukov's transformation from humble peasant to gold-mad tyrant.
Production
Gritty 19th-century Russian village authenticity on clearly limited budget.
Director
Andrey Marmontov
Sergei Bezrukov
Гордей Евстратыч Брагин (главная роль)
Irina Skobtseva
Татьяна Власьевна Брагина (главная роль)
Andrey Merzlikin
прокурор (главная роль)
Mikhail Porechenkov
Еремеев (главная роль, купец)
Anna German
Дарья Брагина (главная роль)
Vladimir Kabalin
отец Кондрат (главная роль)
Aleksey Shemes
Федор Пазухин (главная роль)
Valeriy Velichko
жандарм (главная роль)
Darya Mikhaylova
Прасковья Пазухина (главная роль)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of Irina Skobtseva's final screen roles at age 89 — she was a Soviet cinema legend married to director Sergei Bondarchuk.
The film deliberately echoes Gogol's 'The Overcoat' and Dostoevsky's greed parables, but with a uniquely post-Soviet cynicism about 'new Russian' wealth.
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