Special
Russian Film Days 2017

Rol / The Part

Original version with German subtitles, in the presence of director Konstantin Lopushanskiy
Poster
Rol / The Part
Director
Konstantin Lopushanskiy
Cast
Aleksandr Efremov, Anna Geller, Yuriy Itskov
Plot Outline

'The Role' is about a brilliant actor in revolutionary Russia who takes on the greatest role of his life - the role of another man. Influenced by the ideas of symbolism and the Silver Age, he decides to slip into the life of his doppelganger - a revolutionary leader in the new Soviet Russia. First intrigued, then obsessed, he flings himself into the role and lives it to the hilt... even when the play of the life he is writing heads towards a tragic finale. Based on true incidents in the lives of Russia's symbolists, this gripping film explores how far one man will go for the role of a lifetime.

Genre
Drama, History
Runtime
132 minutes
Production country
Russia
Released
2013