Foma Gordeyev

Foma Gordeyev

1959 · 94 min · ★ 6.5 · Drama

Foma Gordeyev, the son of a wealthy Volga merchant, doesn't want to continue his father's work. The mind is sickened by the dirt and injustice of life around him. Foma is seeking solace in a drunken rampage and wild antics. After many years of desolation, he is half-ill at the opening of a night shelter built with his father’s money.

Directed by Mark Donskoy · Written by Mark Donskoy

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