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The Literate Man

198728mMovie

An unprecedented piece of news spreads through the village: a comrades’ court is to be held between collective farm brigade leader Yakiv Brus and an old woman named Motria, whom he struck on the head. The village club fills with people eager to sort out what seems to be every pressing issue at once.

DirectorStanislav Chernilevskyi
ProducerLeonid Marchenko

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Cast · Directed by Stanislav Chernilevskyi

YMYurii Mazhuha
Yurii Mazhuha
VSValentyna Saltovska
Valentyna Saltovska
NG
Nataliya Gebdovskaya
BBBohdan Beniuk
Bohdan Beniuk
PBPetro Beniuk
Petro Beniuk
VFVasiliy Fushchich
Vasiliy Fushchich
VCValentin Chernyak
Valentin Chernyak
LLLiudmyla Lobza
Liudmyla Lobza
BABoris Aleksandrov
Boris Aleksandrov
TA
Tatyana Antonova
OB
O. Bilodid
MB
M. Blavatskyi

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The Literate Man hasn't started streaming in Canada yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around February 19, 1987. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.