What if the devil showed up for your film shoot—and brought his own monologue?
The devil can be smart, charming, articulate, a philosopher, a critic, an ideologue, sarcastic, sarcastic, angry, and forgiving. Especially if it is played by Fyodor Bondarchuk. Or does he not play it?
Acting
Bondarchuk weaponizes his own persona—chilling.
Writing
Dialogue that stings like actual philosophy.
Director
Klim Shipenko
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shipenko shot this during production of another film—reportedly Bondarchuk improvised half his monologue after reading Nietzsche on set.
The title references Nietzsche's Übermensch, but Russian critics read it as Shipenko's poison pen letter to the industry's god-complex auteurs.
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