Rook of Despair

Rook of Despair

1987 · 17 min · Animation

In the Belarusian city of Rogachev, there lived a poor nobleman named Gervasy Vylivakha—a joker and merry fellow, a drunkard and a debauchee. He lived in style, without looking back, and when the time came to leave this world of the living, Gervasy did not lose his presence of mind and began a game with Death itself.

Directed by Oleg Belousov · Written by Oleg Belousov

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