| Russian Symphony | |
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| Directed by | Konstantin Lopushansky |
| Written by | Konstantin Lopushansky |
| Produced by | Aleksandr Golutva |
| Starring | Viktor Mikhaylov Aleksandr Ilyin Kira Kreylis-Petrova Valery Garkalin |
| Cinematography | Nikolai Pokoptsev |
| Music by | Andrey Sigle |
Production companies | Lenfilm Orient Express |
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Running time | 108 min |
| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
Russian Symphony (Russian: Русская симфония Russkaya simfoniya) is a 1994 Russian psychological 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.
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]
- ^ Birzache, Alina G. (2016). The Holy Fool in European Cinema. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-315-65163-7.
- ^ "Russkaja simfinoija". Berlin International Film Festival. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
- ^ "Russian Symphony". FilmAffinity. Retrieved 2016-05-30.