Taurus (2001 film)

Taurus
Film poster
Directed byAlexander Sokurov
Written byYuri Arabov
Produced byVladimir Persov
StarringLeonid Mozgovoy
CinematographyAlexander Sokurov
Edited byLeda Semyonova
Music byAndrey Sigle
Sergei Rachmaninov
Production
companies
Release date
  • 16 May 2001 (2001-05-16)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian

Taurus (Russian: Телец, romanizedTelets) is a 2001 Russian biographical drama film directed by Alexander Sokurov, portraying Vladimir Lenin. It is the second film in a trilogy by director Aleksandr Sokurov that began with Moloch about Nazi Germany's Adolf Hitler and continued with The Sun about Japanese emperor Hirohito.[1] It was entered into the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.[2]

  1. ^ The Sun (Solntse) (2005) Reviewed by Jamie Woolley bbc.co.uk
  2. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Taurus". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 18 October 2009.