Moloch (1999 film)

Moloch
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Directed by	Alexander Sokurov
Written by	Yuri Arabov Marina Koreneva
Produced by	Andrey Deryabin Thomas Kufus Rio Santani Michael Schmid-Ospach Viktor Sergeyev
Starring	Leonid Mozgovoy Yelena Rufanova Vladimir Bogdanov Leonid Sokol Yelena Spiridonova Anatoli Shvedersky
Cinematography	Aleksei Fyodorov Anatoli Rodionov
Edited by	Leda Semyonova
Production companies	Arte Fabrica Fusion Product Goskino Lenfilm Studio Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) Zero Film GmbH
Distributed by	Koch Lorber Films
Release date	1999 (1999)
Running time	108 minutes
Country	Russia
Language	German

Moloch (Russian: Молох) is a 1999 Russian biographical film, directed by Alexander Sokurov. The storyline was conceived from a screenplay written by Yuri Arabov and Marina Koreneva. It portrays Adolf Hitler living life in an unassuming manner during an abrupt journey to the Bavarian Alps. The film stars actors Leonid Mozgovoy, Yelena Rufanova, Vladimir Bogdanov, and Leonid Sokol in principal roles. Moloch explores companionship, intimacy and dictatorship.^[1]

A joint collective effort to commit to the film's production was made by a number of studios, including Arte, Fabrica, Fusion Product, Goskino and Lenfilm Studio. It was commercially distributed by Koch Lorber Films. Following its release, the film was entered into the 1999 Cannes Film Festival and won other awards selections, including those from the Russian Guild of Film Critics Awards. The film was also selected as the Russian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 72nd Academy Awards, but it didn't make the final shortlist. It was generally met with mixed critical reviews before its initial screening in 1999.