The Suicide

Name: The Suicide
Director: Valery Pendrakovsky
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1990-01-08
Duration: 1 h 30 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Sergey Shakurov, Leonid Kuravlyov, Aleksandr Trofimov, Vyacheslav Nevinnyy, Vladimir Menshov

1990

1h 30m

Comedy

Director: Valery Pendrakovsky

Writers: Nikolay Erdman, Valery Pendrakovsky

Overview

As Soviet Russia enters the era of the New Economic Policy, Semyon Podsekalnikov decides to stop looking for a job. However, the prospect of living at the expense of his wife and mother-in-law seems unbearable. Having reached the end of his tether, Semyon is resolved to take his own life. Based on Nikolai Erdman's controversial play.