Russian Symphony

Russian Symphony (Russian: Русская симфония Russkaya simfoniya) is a 1994 Russian 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.

Russian Symphony
Directed byKonstantin Lopushansky
Produced byAleksand
Written byKonstantin Lopushansky
StarringViktor Mikhaylov
Aleksandr Ilin
Music byAndrey Sigle
CinematographyNikolai Pokoptsev
Production
company
Lenfilm
Orient Express
Release date
  • 1994 (1994)
Running time
108 min
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian

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
  • Viktor Mikhaylov as Ivan Mazaev
  • Aleksandr Ilin
  • Valentin Golubenko as Giliuli
  • Kira Kreylis-Petrova
  • Valentina Kovel as Semyonovna
  • Mikhail Khrabrov as General
  • Natalya Akimova as Teacher
  • Nora Gryakalova as Teacher
  • Aleksey Ingelevich
  • Nikolai Levykin as Gorbachev
  • Valery Garkalin as Borisych

References
  1. Birzache, Alina G. (2016). The Holy Fool in European Cinema. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-315-65163-7.
  2. "Russkaja simfinoija". Berlin International Film Festival. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  3. "Russian Symphony". FilmAffinity. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
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