Kuprin
1961BBC
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A multi-part feature film based on the novels and stories of the classic of Russian literature Alexander Kuprin. The film has three parts - “The Pit”, “In the Dark” and “The Duel”. The main idea of the film is to intertwine the destinies of heroes from various stories and short stories by Alexander Kuprin. So, in “The Pit” the lover Georgy Stepanovich Zheltkov, Vera Nikolaevna Sheina and other characters from “The Garnet Bracelet” appear. The tiger trainer Zenida from the story "Lucia" falls in love with the hero of the story "In the Darkness" Alarin. Alexander Kuprin himself (Mikhail Porechenkov) is actively included in the narrative, who not only plays the role of narrator, but also personally meets with the characters.