The Wild Ass's Skin

A deal with the devil—this question has intrigued more than one writer, and more than one has already answered it. But what if everything could be turned so that you come out ahead? What if this time Fate smiles on you? What if you become the one and only person who manages to outwit the forces of evil?.. That is what the hero of the novel «The Wild Ass's Skin» thought. He had lost everything at the gambling house and was already ready to end his life, when suddenly fate gave him a chance: the young man receives a piece of shagreen leather that can fulfill any wish he has. On one condition—as each wish is granted, the piece shrinks in size and the days of his life grow fewer… So what is it—a gift of fate or its curse?..

Performers: From the author — Vasily Bochkarev
Raphaël de Valentin — Sergey Smirnov
Pauline — Tatyana Matyukhova
Countess — Lyubov Germanova
Madame Gaudin — Anna Kamenkova
Émile — Alexander Gruzdev
Rastignac — Sergey Kolesnikov
Raphaël’s father — Leonid Kulagin
Old merchant — Boris Romanov
Jonathan — Alexander Vdovin
Porriquet — Alexey Kuznetsov
Taillefer — Oleg Forostenko
Also featuring — Alexander Bordukov, Natalya Litvinova, Vyacheslav Sholokhov, Sergey Kutasov, Sergey Gabrielyan, Mark Geykhman, Olga Golovanova, Darya Semenova, Nikolay Denisov, Dmitry Pisarenko, Konstantin Dneprovsky, Sergey Lavygin, Andrey Yaroslavtsev, Mikhail Vaskov, Olga Vasilyeva, Mikhail Yanushkevich