The Harms Case

The Harms Case

1987 · 91 min · ★ 6.3 · Drama

Based upon the life and writing of literary visionary Danil Harms, a Russian avant-garde poet of the 1920s who was persecuted and ultimately silenced by the Soviet authorities.

Directed by Slobodan D. Pešić · Written by Aleksandar Ćirić

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