The Humorist is a film about a week in the life of Boris Arkadiev, a fictional Soviet stand-up comedian. Boris is tormented not only by external oppression and censorship but also by his own insecurities that poison all his relationships.
Social & External
The people behind it
Alexey Agranovich
Boris Arkadiev
Semen Shteinberg
Semyon Greenberg
Alisa Khazanova
Elvira Arkadieva
Vilma Kutaviciute
Inara
Pavel Ilyin
Alexei Budovskiy
Daniel Shifrin
Ilya
Polina Aug
Lina Morozova
Artem Volobuev
Alexander Nikonov
Yuri Kolokolnikov
Maxim Shepelin
Olga Dibtseva
Galya
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