Of Freaks and Men
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Alexei Balabanov
Sergei Makovetskii
Dinara Droukarova
Angelika Nevolina
Victor Sukhorukov
Alesha De
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Set in fin de siecle St. Petersburg, a businessman and his sinister assistant who trap women into their sadomasochistic fantasies that are filmed for later exhibition to paying customers.
Director
Alexei Balabanov
Cast
Sergei Makovetskii
Dinara Droukarova
Angelika Nevolina
Victor Sukhorukov
Alesha De
Chingiz Tsydengambaev
Vadim Prokhorov
Alexandr Mezentsev
Igor Shibanov
Daria Lesnikova
Tatiana Polonskaia
Olga Straumit
Richard Bogutskii
Valerii Krishtapenko
Evgenii Erokin
Iurii Galtzev
Boris Smolkin
Mikhail Triasorukov
Valerii Filonov
Anvar Libabov
Aleksandr Shutov
Aleksei Zlobin
Irina Rakshina
Valentina Viushina
Tatiana Karetina
Klim Bakhilov
Iulia Pestretsova
Kristina Skvarek
Valerii Iakovleva
Elena Rumiantseva
Natalia Dupliakova
Liudmila Arzhannikova
Elena Khrustaleva
Ilia Shakunov
Crew
Vitia Aliushin
Sergei Astakhov
Alexei Balabanov
Maksim Belovolov
Oleg Botogov
Tamara Frid
Edvard Grieg
Aleksandr Gurilev
Evgenii Iur'ev
Marina Lipartiia
Petia Ovchinnikov
Igor Plaskin
Oleg Plaskin
Vladimir Radcenkov
Valerii Revich
Lillia Seliukova
Sergei Selyanov
Nadezhda Vasileva
Vera Zelinskaia
Vera Zelinskaya
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of 1999 Nika Awards, Russia's equivalent of the Oscar, for Best Film and Best Director.
Winner of Grand Prix and best actor (Sergei Makovetsky) prizes at 1998 St Petersburg International Festival of Festivals.
Winner of the international jury prize for best director at the 1999 Istanbul International Film Festival.
Released in United States 1998
Released in United States 1999
Released in United States July 1998
Released in United States June 1998
Released in United States March 1999
Released in United States May 1998
Released in United States November 1998
Released in United States on Video December 18, 2001
Shown at Cannes Film Festival (Directors Fortnight) May 13-24, 1998.
Shown at Cleveland International Film Festival (New Films from Eastern Europe) March 18-28, 1999.
Shown at Istanbul International Film Festival April 17 - May 2, 1999.
Released in United States 1998 (Shown at Montreal World Film Festival August 27 - September 7,1998.)
Released in United States 1999 (Shown at Istanbul International Film Festival April 17 - May 2, 1999.)
Released in United States 1999 (Shown at New Directors/New Films in New York City March 26 - April 11, 1999.)
Released in United States June 1998 (Shown at St. Petersburg International Festival of Festivals June 23-29, 1998.)
Shown at St. Petersburg International Festival of Festivals June 23-29, 1998.
Shown at New Directors/New Films in New York City March 26 - April 11, 1999.
Released in United States March 1999 (Shown at Cleveland International Film Festival (New Films from Eastern Europe) March 18-28, 1999.)
Released in United States November 1998 (Shown at London Film Festival (Experimenta Program) November 5-19, 1998.)
Shown at London Film Festival (Experimenta Program) November 5-19, 1998.
Shown at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival July 3-11, 1998.
Released in United States July 1998 (Shown at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival July 3-11, 1998.)
Shown at Montreal World Film Festival August 27 - September 7,1998.
Released in United States on Video December 18, 2001
Released in United States May 1998 (Shown at Cannes Film Festival (Directors Fortnight) May 13-24, 1998.)
