The Prisoner of St. Petersburg
The Prisoner of St. Petersburg is a 1989 Australian drama film directed by Ian Pringle.[2] It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.[3]
| The Prisoner of St. Petersburg | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Ian Pringle |
| Produced by | Daniel Scharf Klaus Sungen |
| Written by | Michael Wren |
| Starring | Solveig Dommartin |
| Cinematography | Ray Argall |
| Edited by | Ursula West |
Release date |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
| Country | Australia West Germany |
| Language | English |
| Budget | A$330,000[1] |
The film was the first Australian-West German co-production. It was shot over 22 days in Germany.[4] David Stratton wrote that the film "appeared to be commercially doomed from the beginning".[5]
Cast
- Efrem Accurso as Italian truck driver
- Ifrim Bender as Russian man with coat
- Solveig Dommartin as Elena
- Johanna Karl-Lory as Old woman
- Lars Michalak as Russian man behind door
- Michael Obinja as Russian man on train
- Pat O'Connell as Singing Irish man
- Olivier Picot as Stefan
- René Schönenberger as Businessman
- Wieland Speck as Youth in bar
- Denis Staunton as Irish man
- Hans Martin Stier as Truck driver
- Noah Taylor as Jack
- Katja Teichmann as Johanna
- Ralph Wittgrebe as German drunk
- Christian Zertz as Lorenzo
References
- "Production Barometer", Cinema Papers, May 1989 p40
- Maslin, Janet. "NY Times: The Prisoner of St. Petersburg". NY Times. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
- "Festival de Cannes: The Prisoner of St. Petersburg". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
- The Prisoner of St Petersberg at Melbourne International Film Festival accessed 21 November 2012
- David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p112
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