The last soviet movie

The last soviet movie


Original title: The last soviet movie
Production: VISIO Studija
Country: Latvia
Director: Alexandrs Petukhovs
Script: Alexandrs Petukhovs
Photography: Henriks Pilipsons; Ralfs Jacobs
Music: Ivares Vigners
Cast: Dzintars Belogrudovs; Yevgeniya Kryukova; Igor Klass; Voldemars Karpacs; Larisa Totunova Dasha; Ints Burans; Juris Kalnins; Olegs Nogins; Sergeys Selemenyevs
Year: 2003
Duration: 79
Genre: Historical
Color: Color
Original language: Russian
Languages available: Russian-English (mixed)
Subtitles: English (for Russian dialogs)
Keywords: Comedy, comedia, russian revolution, revolución rusa

Synopsis:

 The Last Soviet Movie tells the story of Brooklyn writer John F. Romanoff, and his search for the true history of his ancestors who were major participants in the Russian Revolution. Entertaining and challenging, the film defies convention and questions the reality of what is happening in front of and behind the camera.

In production as the Soviet Union closed down, THE LAST SOVIET MOVIE is shot in a radically eclectic style that mixes Sergio Leone Westerns with Tarkovsky and Monthy Python.

A tribute and satire of old soviet action heroes, THE LAST SOVIET MOVIE is both a lament for and the final nail in the coffin of what once was Soviet cinema. Eisenstein, Pudovkin and Vertov would be horrified.

WARNING: Includes fights with wild beasts, encounters with ballerinas, a ride on the transsiberian railway, nudity and Leninism.


Awards:

 Winner of 1 Latvian Film Prize of the Latvian National Film Festival, in 2003: Best Actor (Voldemars Karpacs)

Nominated for 3 Latvian Film Prize, in 2003: Best Actor (Dzintars Belogrudovs); Best Cinematography (Henriks Pilipsons); and, Best Production Design (Martins Tannenbergs)

Nominated for the Grand Chameleon at the Brooklyn International Film Festival 2003

Nominated for the Grand Prix at the Split International Festival of New Film 2003

Nominated for the Golden Reel Award at the Tiburon International Film Festival 2003: Best Comedy

Nominated for the FIPRESCI Prize at the Tromsø International Film Festival 2004

Nominated for the Audience Award at the Würzburg International Filmweekend 1993

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