Star [Звезда] Russia, 2002 Color, 97 minutes Russian and German with English subtitles Director: Nikolai Lebedev Screenplay: Evgenii Grigor’ev, Nikolai Lebedev, Aleksandr Borodianskii Camera: Iurii Nevskii Music: Aleksei Rybnikov Cast: Igor’ Petrenko, Artem Semakin, Aleksei Panin, Aleksei Kravchenko Producer: Karen Shakhnazarov, Aleksandr Litvinov Production: Mosfil’m, ARK-fil’m Awards: 3 at Nika, 2 at Golden Eagle (among others) Nikolai Lebedev’s Star …
Franz + Polina [Франц + Полина] Russia, 2006 Color, 119 minutes Director: Mikhail Segal Producers: Oleg Urushev, Liliia Kovalevich Screenplay: Ales’ Adamovich, Vladimir Stepanenko, Mikhail Segal, and Maksim Trapo Camera: Maksim Trapo Music: Andjei Petras Sound: Dmitrii Chernov, Iurii Reinbakh, Vasilii Shitikov Cast: Adrian Topol, Svetlana Ivanova, Andrei Merzlikin, Tamara Mironova, Valentin Matsarupa,Dzhul’etta Gering, Uve Ellinnek, Igor’ Sigov Production: Ugra-Film …
First on the Moon [Первые на Луне] Russia, 2005 Black-and-white and Color, 75 minutes Russian with English subtitles Director: Aleksei Fedorchenko Screenplay: Aleksandr Gonorovskii, with Ramil’ Yamaleiev Camera: Anatolii Lesnikov Production design: Nikolai Pavlov Cast: Boris Vlasov, Aleksei Slavnin, Andrei Osipov, Anatolii Otradnov, Viktoriia Il’inskaia. Producers: Dmitrii Vorob’ev and Aleksei Fedorchenko Production: Sverdlovsk Film Studio and Film Company Strana Awards: …
The Hope Factory [Комбинат «Надежда»] Russia, 2014 Color, 102 minutes Russian with English subtitles Director: Nataliia Meshchaninova Screenplay: Liubov’ Mul’menko, Ivan Ugarov, Nataliia Meshchaninova Camera: Ivan Mamonov, Evgenii Tsvetkov Music: Shnur Cast: Dar’ia Savel’eva, Polina Shanina, Maksim Stoianov, Daniil Steklov, Stepan Devonin, Sergei Ovchinnikov, Kseniia Radchenko, Aleksandra Makarskaia Producer: Elena Stepanishcheva, Zaur Bolotaev, Aleksandr Plotnikov, Evgenii Semin, Petr Gudkov …
Fragment of an Empire [Обломок империи] USSR, 1929 Black-and-white, 73 minutes Silent with Russian intertitles and English subtitles Director: Fridrikh Ermler Screenplay: Katerina Vinogradskaia, Fridrikh Ermler Camera: Evgenii Shneider Set designer: Evgenii Enei Cast: Fedor Nikitin, Liudmila Semenova, Valerii Solovtsov, Iakov Gudkin, Viacheslav Viskovskii Production: Sovkino Fridrikh Ermler’s last silent feature, Fragment of an Empire, tells a very simple story. …
Stalingrad [Сталинград] Russia, 2013 Color, 131 minutes Russian, German, and Japanese with English subtitles Director: Fedor Bondarchuk Screenplay: Il’ia Til’kin, Sergei Snezhkin Camera: Maksim Osadchii Music: Angelo Badalamenti Cast: Maria Smolnikova, Petr Fedorov, Dmitrii Lysenkov, Aleksei Barabash, Andrei Smoliakov, Sergei Bondarchuk Jr., Ianina Studilina, Thomas Kretschmann, Heiner Lauterbach Producers: Aleksandr Rodnianskii, Dmitrii Rudovskii, Sergei Melkumov, Natal’ia Gorina, Steve Schklair Production: …
The Thief [Вор] Russia, France 1997 Color, 96 minutes Russian, English subtitles Director: Pavel Chukhrai Screenplay: Pavel Chukhrai Camera: Vladimir Klimov Music: Vladimir Dashkevich Cast: Vladimir Mashkov, Ekaterina Rednikova, Misha Filipchuk Producer: Igor’ Tolstunov, Sergei Kozlov Production: NTV-Profit, Roissy Films Productions Le Pont Awards: 5 at Nika, 3 at Venice Film Festival, 3 at Open CIS and Baltic Film Festival …
The Test [Испытание] Russia, 2014 Color, 96 minutes Russian with English subtitles Director: Aleksandr Kott Screenplay: Aleksandr Kott Camera: Levan Kapanadze Cast: Elena An, Danila Rassomakhin, Karim Pakachakov, Nariman Bekbulatov-Areshev Producers: Igor’ Tolstunov, Sergei Kozlov Production: Igor’ Tostunov Production Company (PROFIT), Drug Druga Awards: the Grand Prix, the Prize for best Cinematography, and the Elephant Prize of the Guild of …
Cuckoo [Kukushka] Russia, 2002 Color, 105 minutes Russian, Finnish, and Sami with English subtitles Director: Aleksandr Rogozhkin Screenplay: Aleksandr Rogozhkin Camera: Andrei Zhegalov Music: Dmitrii Pavlov Cast: Anni-Kristina Iuuso, Ville Khaapasalo, Viktor Bychkov Producer: Sergei Sel’ianov Production: STV Awards: 4 at Nika, 4 at Golden Eagle, 3 at Golden Aries, Silver Saint George for Best Director and Best Actor at Moscow …
English 17-ый ежегодный симпозиум российского кино «Красная империя: Перезагрузка» пройдет в Университете Питтсбурга с понедельника 4 мая по субботу 9 мая 2015 года. Вечерние просмотры будут проходить в кинозале «Мелвуд» Питтсбургских кинематографистов (Pittsburgh Filmmakers’ Melwood Screening Room). В следующем году Российская Федерация «отметит» 25 лет со дня распада Советского Союза (25 декабря 1991 года). В последние годы существования СССР (в Горбачевский …
