Overview
It is year 1900 in Pre-Revolutionary Russia and Deacon Olympius begins to take interest in secular literature. When he stumbles upon a book by Tolstoy, he is humbled and inspired to lead a just life. Based on a story by Aleksandr Kuprin.
Cast
- Stepan Krylov as Deacon Olympius
- Igor Efimov as student
- Nikolay Gavrilov as the Dean
- Aleksandr Afanasev as merchant
- Lyubov Malinovskaya
- Fyodor Nikitin as liberal
- Pavel Pervushin as wood cutter
- Tamara Timofeeva as townswoman
- Arkadi Trusov as merchant
- Yevgeni Grigoryev as gentleman in the church