The Role (2013)

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Роль (Original Title)

StoryLine

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.

Details

Genres: Drama

Country: Belarus Finland Germany Russia

Original Language: ru

Release Date: 10/02/2013

Budget: $2,480,000 (estimated)

Companies: Proline Film The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Belarus Eurimages Finnish Film Foundation Bufo Studio "Golos" (Lenfilm) Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation Belarusfilm

Run Time: 132 min

Popularity: 1.703

Spoken Languages: Pусский

Status: Released