Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Oleg Tabakov | ... | Ilya Ilyich Oblomov | |
Yuriy Bogatyryov | ... | Andrei Ivanovich Stoltz | |
Andrei Popov | ... | Zakhar | |
Elena Solovey | ... | Olga | |
Avangard Leontev | ... | Alexeyev | |
Andrei Razumovsky | ... | Ilya as a child | |
Oleg Kozlov | ... | Stoltz as a child | |
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Yelena Kleshchevskaya | ... | Katya (as Ye. Kleshchevskaya) |
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Galina Shostko | ... | Olga's aunt (as G. Shostko) |
Gleb Strizhenov | ... | The Baron (as G. Strizhenov) | |
Evgeniy Steblov | ... | Oblomov's father (as Ye. Steblov) | |
Evgeniya Glushenko | ... | Oblomov's mother (as Ye. Glushenko) | |
Nikolai Pastukhov | ... | Stoltz's father (as N. Pastukhov) | |
Oleg Basilashvili | ... | (as O. Basilashvili) | |
Ruslan Akhmetov | ... | (as R. Akhmetov) |
St. Petersburg, mid 19th century: the indolent, middle-aged Oblomov lives in a flat with his older servant, Zakhar. He sleeps much of the day, dreaming of his childhood on his parents' estate. His boyhood companion, Stoltz, now an energetic and successful businessman, adds Oblomov to his circle whenever he's in the city, and Oblomov's life changes when Stoltz introduces him to Olga, lovely and cultured. When Stoltz leaves for several months, Oblomov takes a country house near Olga's, and she determines to change him: to turn him into a man of society, action, and culture. Soon, Olga and Oblomov are in love; but where, in the triangle, does that leave Stoltz? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
A definitively executed rendering of a work of romanticism; it's depth largely exceeding what can be attained from within a culture, such as the north american, that has either lost its history, or never had one; this to warn it is unlikely to be appreciated by one not already steeped in the film or theater of europe or the slavs. To someone who is, a sweet but not light experience: its lessons and philosophies cannot be contained, but envelope the reader, in his own life.