Devil with a False Passport (1964)

Original title

Põrgupõhja uus Vanapagan

Directed by

Grigori Kromanov, Jüri Müür

Genre

drama film, epic film

Country

Soviet Union, Estonia

Runtime

1h 34m

Rating

5.1 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man who claims to be the devil tries to live an honest life in a rural Estonian village. He struggles with human greed and hypocrisy while working the land and seeking salvation.

slow-burnfolkloricphilosophicalbleaksocial commentarygroundeddeliberatequietly intense

What happens

Põrgupõhja uus Vanapagan (English: The Misadventures of the New Satan) is a 1964 Estonian film directed by Grigori Kromanov and Jüri Müür, based on the 1939 novel of the same name by A. H. Tammsaare. The film was produced by Tallinnfilm. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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