Adventure seeker Prince of Bacardia Florizel walks around London in the clothes of a simple townsman, along with his friend, Colonel Geraldine. At night on the embankment they meet a young man with a stone on his neck, preparing to commit suicide. He turns out to be a desperate artist in his life, who does not have enough money to join the mysterious “Suicide Club”, there for only 40 pounds each man can die “like a gentleman.” The next “victim” and “performer” are selected randomly from the members of the club. The mysterious “Chairman” is in charge of everything. |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 7.9/10 | |
Released: | January 12, 1981 | |
Runtime: | 206 min | |
Genres: | Adventure Crime Comedy | |
Companies: | Lenfilm | |
Cast: | Donatas Banionis Lyubov Polishchuk Igor Dmitriev Oleg Dal | |
Crew: | Edgar Dubrovsky Robert Louis Stevenson Yevgeni Tatarsky | |
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