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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.

Top Cast

  • Maria Järvenhelmi

    Maria Järvenhelmi

    Амалия

  • Maksim Sukhanov

    Maksim Sukhanov

    Николай Евлахов / Плотников

  • Leonid Mozgovoy

    Leonid Mozgovoy

    Ухов

  • Yuriy Itskov

    Yuriy Itskov

    Одинцов

  • Boris Kamorzin

    Boris Kamorzin

    Григорий

  • Alyona Sidorova

    Alyona Sidorova

  • Anastasiya Shevelyova

    Anastasiya Shevelyova

  • Dmitriy Sutyrin

    Dmitriy Sutyrin

  • Sergey Yurevich

    Sergey Yurevich

Overview

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.

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