Two young directors adapted the short stories of two Russian authors whose works had been banned for decades, and so their film ended up in the censor’s vault as well – for twenty years. Both tales look back to the post-revolutionary era: 'Angel' speaks tragically of the brutality and destruction of the time, and 'The Homeland of Electricity' captures its haunting grotesquery.
Unfortunately the movie Beginning of an Unknown Era is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Sound | Roman Ledenyov | Music |
| Directing | Andrey Smirnov | Director |
| Directing | Larisa Shepitko | Director |
| Directing | Genrikh Gabay | Director |
| Writing | Boris Yermolayev | Screenplay |
| Art | V. Kostrin | Art Direction |
| Writing | Mikhail Suslov | Screenplay |
| Sound | Alfred Schnittke | Music |
| Camera | Dmitri Korzhikhin | Director of Photography |
| Art | Valentin Konovalov | Art Direction |
| Writing | Ilya Suslov | Screenplay |
| Camera | Pavel Lebeshev | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Larisa Shepitko | Screenplay |
| Art | Vladimir Korovin | Art Direction |
