Overview
A small provincial town. The inhabitants are bored, apathetic and bitter... Peredonov, a modest high school teacher, dreams about a promotion and moving to the capital. Gradually his dream becomes an obsession. Varvara, his second cousin who dreams about marrying him, writes a promising letter about an invitation to Saint-Petersburg on behalf of the capital's princess. But the teacher's dreams aren't meant to come true: he becomes a victim of his own insanity and kills his friend and the hateful Varvara...
| Actor | Age then | Age now | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 36 | 66 | |
 | 33 | 64 | |
 | 23 | 54 | |
 | 37 | 68 | |
 | 71 | November 16, 1999 (75) | |
 | 27 | 58 | |
 | 22 | 52 | |
 | 23 | 54 | |
 | 36 | August 23, 1997 (39) | |
 | 41 | 71 |