Russian Symphony (Russian: Русская симфония Russkaya simfoniya) is a 1994 Russian psychological drama film directed by Konstantin Lopushansky and starring Viktor Mikhaylov. The narrative is set in a dark version of contemporary Russia where the world seems to be coming to an end through a flood. A man is desperate to do something good with his life before it ends, but is mostly met with suspicion.
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| Directed by | Konstantin Lopushansky |
| Written by | Konstantin Lopushansky |
| Produced by | Aleksandr Golutva |
| Starring | Viktor Mikhaylov Aleksandr Ilyin Kira Kreylis-Petrova Valery Garkalin |
| Cinematography | Nikolai Pokoptsev |
| Music by | Andrey Sigle |
Production companies | Lenfilm Orient Express |
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Running time | 108 min |
| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
The film ties in thematically with Lopushansky's other apocalyptic films, Dead Man's Letters (1986), A Visitor to a Museum (1989) and The Ugly Swans (2006), and is the most overtly religious of them.[1]
It played in the Forum section of the 45th Berlin International Film Festival and received the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury.[2][3]
Cast
edit- Viktor Mikhaylov as Ivan Sergeyevich Mazayev
- Aleksandr Ilyin as Sanya
- Kira Kreylis-Petrova as Valentina Ivanovna Mazdukhina
- Valentina Kovel as Semyonovna
- Mikhail Khrabrov as General
- Valentin Golubenko as Giliuli
- Natalya Akimova as Teacher
- Nora Gryakalova as Teacher
- Aleksey Ingelevich
- Nikolai Levykin as Mikhail Gorbachev
- Valery Garkalin as Borisych
- Andrey Krasko as Cossack
References
edit- ^ Birzache, Alina G. (2016). The Holy Fool in European Cinema. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-315-65163-7.
- ^ "Russkaja simfinoija". Berlin International Film Festival. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
- ^ "Russian Symphony". FilmAffinity. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
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