Little tragedies

Little tragedies — Plot

The production by Kirill Serebrennikov revives all four of Alexander Pushkin's classic blank-verse dramas: "Mozart and Salieri", "The Miserly Knight", "The Stone Guest", and "Feast in Time of Plague". Without changing a single word of the original text, Serebrennikov seamlessly blends classic literature with the stark realities of the 21st century. The director explores human nature through a modern lens, reflecting on envy, greed, egocentrism, and the profound fear of aging and oblivion. In this reimagining, the Miserly Knight becomes an archivist of a vast library, his son turns into a motorcycle racer, and the grim "Feast in Time of Plague" takes place inside a modern nursing home. Serving as the central musical and thematic thread, famous Russian rapper Husky performs his own songs between the acts, acting as a contemporary Prophet and bridge between eras.

• Release date
• September 15, 2017
• Runtime
• 196 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Kirill Serebrennikov

Little tragedies — Cast

Philipp Avdeev Моцарт Nikita Kukushkin Сальери Georgiy Kudrenko Альберт Semen Shteinberg Иван Nikita Kukushkin Жид Evgeny Romantsov Герцог Alexey Agranovich Барон Semen Shteinberg Дон Гуан