A Simple Death

(1985)

★ 4.8 IMDb · 9 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1985

Runtime: 64 мин

Country: Soviet Union

Director: Александр Кайдановский

Cast: Валерий Приёмыхов, Алиса Фрейндлих, Витаутас Паукште, Карина Моритц, Михаил Данилов, Эдвальд Смирнов, Тамара Тимофеева, Станислав Чуркин, Анатолий Худолеев, A. Bukhvalov

Plot

When a middle-aged high-court judge in 19th-century Russia starts to experience a sharp pain in his side, he soon finds himself bedridden with an undiagnosed terminal illness. Face-to-face with his own mortality, he becomes increasingly introspective and emotional as he ponders the reason for his acute suffering and imminent death.