Oct 07, 1992
20 min
Full-HD

The Dream of a Ridiculous Man (1992)

An animated short film based on the 1877 short story written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It chronicles the experiences of a man who decides that there is nothing to live for in the world, and is therefore determined to commit suicide. A chance encounter with a young girl changes his mind.

Category

Animation Drama

Country

Russia

Companies

Panorama Studio Sverdlovsk Film Studio

Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy

Narrator (voice)

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