A parable in the manner of a tragedian based on the play by A. Volodin "On the tribes of the Bison and Scorpions, who lived many thousands of years ago on a small island." The events that the film tells about take place in ancient times, in the Stone Age. In the forest, where a large tribe lives, two shots in the back killed one of the clan, nicknamed Long. His widow demands that the killer become her husband. The head of the clan is trying to find out who the killer is.
Production
Ingenious Stone Age sets on clearly limited Soviet budget.
Acting
Gundareva's widow: commanding, desperate, hilarious.
Writing
Volodin's play translates surprisingly sharp to prehistoric bureaucracy.
Director
Alla Surikova
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
Глава рода
Nikolai Karachentsov
Человек боя
Leonid Yarmolnik
Долгоносик
Natalya Gundareva
Вдова
Alexander Kuznetsov
Ушастый (художник)
Sergey Shakurov
Ходок
Olga Kabo
Черепашка
Mariya Vinogradova
Пожилая
Stanislav Sadalskiy
Красноречивый
Oleg Anofriev
Барабанщик
Vladimir Nosik
Длинноволосый
Viktor Ilichyov
Торопливый
Nina Maslova
любовница Ходока
Aleksandr Ivanov
Длинный
Renata Litvinova
эпизод
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Surikova was one of few female directors in Soviet cinema; her comedies often smuggled critiques of bureaucracy under absurd premises.
The original Volodin play was banned for years; this 1989 adaptation emerged during glasnost when previously suppressed works finally reached screens.
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