Donate today to ensure film at lincoln center remains a vibrant community. As a delightful early christmas treat, the film is set to hit uk cinemas on 14 december, and you can get a little taster for it by watching the brand new trailer below. In germans film, these words are accidentally heard by the general of the medical service, klenski, who earlier had been moved to the labour camp for alleged contacts with foreigners. With yuriy tsurilo, nina ruslanova, mikhail dementyev, aleksandr bashirov. Watch the trailer for aleksey germans khrustalyov, my car. But whilst armando iannuccis film navigates the lunacy of the soviet union under stalinism in a knockabout, sitcomesque fashion, khrustalyov, my car. Arrows bluray boasts some of the best special features included on a homevideo release in years. Jonathan brent on the doctors plot, the academic talks about stalins antisemitic campaign which provides the backdrop for khrustalyov, my car. This film moved me deeply and i dont know if i would recommend it to somebody. I got so frustrated because i missed an integral 90 seconds of the film. Aleksei german, russia, 1998, 147 min, russian with english subtitles in moscow 1953 the antijewish purges are ongoing and stalin is on his deathbed. Set in the year 1953 during joseph stalins sickening the doctors plot campaign, the story revolves around a military doctor named yuri who is an adulterer and a drunkard with a large family.
Titled after the apocryphal expression of soviet security chief beria while rushing to stalins deathbed, aleksei germans hard to be a god, 20 film distils the anticipation and anxiety in the moscow air in january 1953 as the despot lay dying. Olympus finds itself under a stealth attack cyborg terrorism, deadly nanotech zealots, and rioting citizens are just some of the threats that deunan must contend with as she fights to save olympus. At last, and theres an audio commentary from daniel bird, producer of the restoration project. The titular exclamation is apparently the first words that lavrentiy beria had to pronounce after stalins death.
Military doctor general klenski is arrested in stalins russia in 1953 during an antisemitic political campaign accused of being a participant in socalled doctors plot. Aleksey german made his most avant garde film in his whole career. The insanity that he witnesses there carries over to his family life which is. Regarder en hd as members of eswat, the elite forces serving olympus, deunan and briaereos are deployed anywhere trouble strikes. Military doctor general klenski is arrested in stalins russia in 1953 during an antisemitic political.
Military doctor general klenski is arrested in stalins russia in 1953 during an antisemitic political campaign accused of being a participant in socalled. This moment, on which german infinitesimally freezeframes, has. Khrustalyov my car official trailer a film by aleksei german youtube. The movies title comes from a throwaway line spoken by beria after stalin has. Alexei guermans deeply personal film is a work of solid and constant disorientation, masterfully orchestrated. Indeed, the longer a shot lasts in one of germans films, the more. It appears that his filmmaker son, alexei german jr, will complete his fathers film. Set in the final days of stalins reign, khrustalyov, my car.
Khrustalyov consists of scenes with prestissimotempo. Tom, who now lives in the bronx, was raised on a plantation in the delta. Beria in the process of rushing to stalins deathbed, this astonishing, blackly funny, and deliriously immersive film distills the anticipation and anxiety in the moscow air in january, 1953, as the despot lay. One of the most disturbing russian films of all time, khrustalyov, mashuni khrustalyov, my car. I agreed to take a look at it because none other than martin scorsese championed the movie on its release in 1998 during his stint as president of the cannes film festival jury. General klenskyyuriy tsurilo is the head of a mental hospital in the former soviet union. Our fingers and toes are crossed that germans extraordinary 1984 feature my friend ivan lapshin is next on the slab when it comes to new restorations. I didnt know anything about it except that it was made by alexei german who made hard to be a god.
Shown in competition at the 1998 cannes film festival. Between realism and nightmare, a new video essay on khrustalyov, my car. When general yuri glinsky, a military surgeon, tries to escape, he is abducted, taken to the lowest rungs of hell and deposited at the heart of the enigma. The film premiered at the 51st cannes film festival on may 20, 1998 as part of the main competition for the palme dor award.
Maddening miscellany of russian horrors aleksei germans 1998 film set in last days of stalin reflects directors grim view of humanity. Each new film by german is a phenomenon in world cinema. It is a film that chills, baffles and appals, pulling you under into its heart of darkness, and holding you there for every minute of a draining twoand. Khrustalyov, my car is a 1998 russian comedydrama film directed by aleksei german and written by german and svetlana karmalita. German reflects tectonic political shifts through individual. Ghermans first film since his 1982 masterpiece, my friend ivan lapshin, similarly takes the form of a bw reconstruction of times past here the. There is very strong language ct and strong language fk. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Coproduced by a french company, the film was beset by problems over its sevenyear gestation period including financing and production being stalled outright by the soviet union more than once. An audio commentary by arrow producer daniel bird extensively covers aleksei germans career, khrustalyov, my car. Directed by aleksei german hard to be a god, khrustalyov, my car. Beria is keen to complete the proceedings and is quick to close stalins eyes and. A prisoner is gang raped by other inmates, and forced to perform fellatio. Ghost of stalin and the power of fear and idiotism can almost touch us through this perfect film.
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