Shadows

Overview

Based on the play of the same name by M. Saltykov-Shchedrin. A young liberal-minded official named Bobyrev arrives in St. Petersburg from the provinces. He hopes to build a career under the patronage of his former schoolmate Klaverov, who has become a general. The general gladly assigns Bobyrev to his office and is already making plans to use Bobyrev’s beautiful wife, Sofia, to wage a successful campaign against his opponents and influence the pleasure-seeking Minister Tarakanov...

Directed by Gennadi Pavlov

Top cast

Oleg Tabakov

Leonid Kuravlyov

Boris Plotnikov

Igor Kashintsev

Valeriy Zolotukhin

Marina Zudina

V

Valentina Litvinova

Andrey Leonov

Nikolay Narkevich

Yuriy Korenev

V

Vladimir Bamdasov

Sergei Shentalinsky

A

Anatoliy Sakhnovskiy

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Feliks Mokeyev

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