An opportunistic Kyivan Apollon Shmyguyev, whose peaceful bourgeois life is interrupted by the civil war, decides to wait out the trouble in the South of Ukraine, which is under the rule of the Russian White Army. After gathering left off goods on Andriyivskyi descent in Kyiv, he goes on a journey with a camel, which somehow had strayed to his house.
You should definitely watch this if you enjoy movies where the main character is a total jerk but you can't stop watching him anyway. It's perfect for people who like dark comedies about surviving a war by being a sneaky liar. If you can't stand old silent movies with grainy film or reading title cards, you’ll probably...
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Mykola Shpykovskyi
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"You should definitely watch this if you enjoy movies where the main character is a total jerk but you can't stop watching him anyway. It's perfect for people who like dark comedies about surviving a war by being a sneaky liar. If you can't stand old silent movies with grainy film or reading title cards, you’ll probably hate it within ten minutes. The story starts with Apollon Shmyguyev, who is basically a guy who loves his furniture more than his country. Kyiv is a mess because of the civil war..."
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