My Friend Ivan Lapshin
USSR,
1984.
Director: Alexei Gherman
Cast: Andrei Boltnev, Nina Ruslanova, Andrei Mironov, Alexei Zharkov, Zinaida Adamovich
Cast: Andrei Boltnev, Nina Ruslanova, Andrei Mironov, Alexei Zharkov, Zinaida Adamovich
Gherman’s arresting third solo feature, is one of the of the most heralded Russian films of the last 30 years, and one of the most celebrated movies of glasnost. Colour and B&W, 35mm, in Russian with English subtitles. 101 mins. [more...]
Twenty Days Without War
USSR,
1976.
Director: Alexei Gherman
Cast: Yuri Nikulin, Ludmila Gurchenko, Angelina Stepanova, Nikolai Grinko, Ekaterina Vasileva
Cast: Yuri Nikulin, Ludmila Gurchenko, Angelina Stepanova, Nikolai Grinko, Ekaterina Vasileva
This remarkable, unorthodox, and decidedly anti-heroic war film was met with official disapproval and censorship, decreed "the shame of Lenfim” (it was made for Lenfilm Studios). B&W, 35mm, in Russian with English subtitles. 101 mins. [more...]
