

A punk rocker, a mob boss's girl, and the assassination of a tsar walk into Soviet cinema history.
Direction
Solovyov mashes 19th century and 1980s with reckless abandon
Costume
Punk fashion colliding with imperial Russian uniforms

Director
Sergey Solovyov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sergei Bugayev's stage name 'Africa' became legendary; he was a real St. Petersburg punk artist, not an actor.
The film was nearly banned for its nihilism but became a perestroika-era touchstone, with Tsoi's scene shot just months before his death.