Khrustalyov, my car! / Director: Alexei German

12.06.2013 18:00 Ivanovo / the cinema "Lodz" Special screening
Khrustalyov, my car! / Director: Alexei German
Russia – france / 1998 / 137 min. / b&w / dolby digital

Director Alexei German
Script Svetlana Karmalita, Alexei German
Camera Vladimir Ilyin
Design Vladimir Svetozarov, Georgy Kropachev, Mikhail Gerasimov
Music Andrei Petrov
Cast: Yuri Tsurilo, Nina Ruslanova, Jüri Järvet Jr., Mikhail Dementiev, Alexander Bashirov, Natalia Lvova, Ivan Matskevich, Paulina Myasnikova, Viktor Mikhailov, Nijole Narmontaite, Olga Samoshina, Tamara Serkova, Genrietta Yanovskaya, Alexei Zharkov, Valery Poroshin
Producers Armen Medvedev, Alexander Golutva, Vyacheslav Telnov, Guy Séligmann
Production Lenfilm Studio, Sodaperaga, With Participation Of Russian State Committee Of Cinematography

This is a socio-historical drama about post-war generations and the so called “doctors’ plot”. The events take place during several days in late February – early March 1953. The story is told by a little boy, the son of the protagonist, a military doctor General Yuri Klyonsky, a man with a truly Russian soul and typically Soviet destiny.

★ 6 Nika Awards

★ 3 awards of the Russian Guild of Film Scholars and Film Critics “Golden Aries”

★ Prize at the “Kinotavr” festival (for the actor Yuri Tsurilo)

★ Film award “Golden Age”, Belgium

ALEXEI GERMAN

1938–2013

Born in Leningrad. In 1960 graduated from the Leningrad State Institute of Theatre, Music and Film (class of G.Kozintsev). Since 1964 worked as a director at Lenfilm Studio. Founder and art director of the Studio of First Experimental Film in St. Petersburg. Was a professor at the Higher Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors in Moscow. Winner of state awards and prizes, prizewinner of prominent national and international film festivals. His filmography includes “The Seventh Companion” (1967, with G.Aronov), “Check-Up on the Roads” (1971–1985), “Twenty Days Without War” (1976), “My Friend Ivan Lapshin” (1984), “It’s Hard to Be a God” (post-production). The director was awarded the Special Award for the Outstanding Contribution to the World Film Art at the VII Andrei Tarkovsky International Film Festival “Zerkalo”.

Comments
24_DOC_KM