
The Humorist is a film about a week in the life of Boris Arkadiev, a fictional Soviet stand-up comedian. Boris is tormented not only by external oppression and censorship but also by his own insecurities that poison all his relationships.

as Boris Arkadiev

as Semyon Greenberg

as Elvira Arkadieva

as Inara

as Alexei Budovskiy

as Ilya

as Lina Morozova

as Alexander Nikonov

as Maxim Shepelin

as Galya

as Miyelavs

as Olga

as Polya

as Grigoriy Ryabtsev

as general Yasenev

as stewardess

as fangirl

as night porter

as KGB Officer

as general Yasenev's wife

as sauna guard