Movie

The Duel (1973)

• December 20, 1973
• 1h 38m

• Drama
• History

Overview

Dramatic story about two young men, two intellectuals of the 1890th. It is a story about a complex human character. Being tortured by ignorance and boredom of life, clerk Laevsky is longing to break the depraved circle of his existence. His moral antipode, naturalist Von Coren is sure that people like Laevsky are worth being destroyed. But regardless characters' will and desires, providence deals with their lives in its own way...

Director

Iosif Kheifits

Writers

Anton Chekhov, Iosif Kheifits

Starring

Oleg Dal, Vladimir Vysotsky, Lyudmila Maksakova