Based on a satirical short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky concerning the escapades of a Russian civil servant.
Acting
Evstigneev's sweaty, desperate descent into wedding-crashing humiliation.
Direction
Alov & Naumov balance Dostoyevsky's cruelty with genuine pathos.

Director
Vladimir Naumov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Alov and Naumov were Soviet cinema's golden duo, but this Dostoyevsky adaptation was considered minor—until Glasnost reappraised their satirical edge.
The film's 'small form' was deliberate: shot in cramped interiors with theatrical blocking, it traps you in Pralinsky's claustrophobic social anxiety.
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