Days of Eclipse (1988)
This bleak late soviet-era drama follows the career of Malyanov, a young medical school graduate who has been sent to work in Turkmenia. Here he runs into a hodge-podge of people of differing ethnicities, all of them victims of the government's earlier mania for relocating and eliminating whole ethnic groups and classes of people. These desperately unhappy people are unable to find any pleasure in this diverse companionship, but instead are antagonistic to it, and often resort to desperate measures in their doomed attempts to ease their pain.
Director: Aleksandr Sokurov
Genre: Drama, Science Fiction
Runtime: 139 min
Release Date: December 1, 1988
Cast
- Aleksei Ananishnov - Malyanov
- Eskender Umarov - Vecherovsky
- Irina Sokolova - Malyanov's Sister
- Vladimir Zamanskiy - Snegovoy
- Kirill Dudkin - Gluchov
- Aleksey Yankovskiy - Snegovoy's Father
- Viktor Belovolskiy - Gubar
- Sergei Krylov - Little Boy
Screenplay
- Pyotr Kadochnikov (Screenplay)
- Arkadiy Strugatskiy (Novel)
- Yuriy Arabov (Screenplay)
- Boris Strugatskiy (Novel)
Music: Yuri Khanon
Cinematography: Aleksandr Burov, Sergey Yurizditskiy
Editing: Leda Semyonova
Production: Lenfilm, Tretye Tvorcheskoe Obyedinenie
Country: Soviet Union
Language: Pусский
Original Language: ru
Keywords
strugatsky
More Films by Director: Aleksandr Sokurov
More Films in Genre: Drama, Science Fiction
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Days of Eclipse about?
- This bleak late soviet-era drama follows the career of Malyanov, a young medical school graduate who has been sent to work in Turkmenia. Here he runs into a hodge-podge of people of differing ethnicities, all of them victims of the government's earlier mania for relocating and eliminating whole ethnic groups and classes of people. These desperately unhappy people are unable to find any pleasure in this diverse companionship, but instead are antagonistic to it, and often resort to desperate measures in their doomed attempts to ease their pain.
- Who directed Days of Eclipse?
- Days of Eclipse was directed by Aleksandr Sokurov.
- Who stars in Days of Eclipse?
- Days of Eclipse stars Aleksei Ananishnov, Eskender Umarov, Irina Sokolova, Vladimir Zamanskiy, Kirill Dudkin, Aleksey Yankovskiy.
- How long is Days of Eclipse?
- Days of Eclipse has a runtime of 2h 19m (139 minutes).
- What genre is Days of Eclipse?
- Days of Eclipse is a Drama, Science Fiction film.
- Where was Days of Eclipse produced?
- Days of Eclipse was produced in Soviet Union.