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The Life and Ascension of Yuras Bratchik (1967)
Directed by Vladimir Bychkov, Sergey Skvortsov
Overview
In ancient times of famine and Tatar raids, the satirist Yuras Bratchik appears to the people in the guise of Christ, and the people believe in a miracle. The cunning monk Bosyatsky decides to use this event. Arrested by order of the Cardinal, Yuras and his friends - “apostles”, disguised and dressed in appropriate clothes, are brought to the people. The hungry people begin to beg for bread, and Yuras leads the crowd to the bins of the rich. Having escaped from the Cardinal, Yuras and his friends take refuge in a convent. With the help of the people they defeat both the attacking Tatars and the Cardinal’s army.
Actors
Lev Durov | Ilya Rutberg | Lev Kruglyy | Aleksei Smirnov | Pavel Kormunin | Lyubov Rumyantseva | Bolot Beyshenaliev | Viktor Avdyushko | Donatas Banionis | Rostislav Shmyrev | Vyacheslav Brovkin | Anatoli Stolbov | Владимир Поночевный | Yelizaveta Uvarova | Valeriy Nosik | Lyudmila Arzhannikova | Antonina Bendova | Valentin Bryleev | Yekaterina Vasilyeva | Leonid Kanevskiy | Vladimir Kashpur | Pantelejmon Krymov | Yakov Lents | Galina Makarova | Lyubov Malinovskaya | Boris Novikov | Nikolay Kuzmin | Vladimir Korotkevich | Lyudmila Bezuglaya | Aleksey Baranovskiy