The Suicide

Directed by Valery Pendrakovsky

With Sergey Shakurov, Leonid Kuravlyov, Aleksandr Trofimov, Vyacheslav Nevinnyy and Vladimir Menshov

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.