Drama from Ancient Life () is a 1971 Soviet historical drama film directed by Ilya Averbakh. It is based on the story by Nikolai Leskov '.
The story of the two lovers, the count's hairdresser Arkady and the serf actress Lyuba, unfolds in an environment that fancifully combines dense wildness with an external gloss, barbarism - with the appearance of enlightenment. Young people manage to escape, but their happiness is not destined to come true.