Siberiade
(1979)
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Siberiade
(1979)
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| Nikita Mikhalkov | ... |
Aleksei Ustyuzhanin
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Vitali Solomin | ... |
Nikolai Ustyuzhanin
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Sergey Shakurov | ... |
Spiridon Solomin
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Natalya Andreychenko | ... |
Anastasia Solomina
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Lyudmila Gurchenko | ... |
Older Taya Solomina
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Vladimir Samoilov | ... |
Afanasi Ustyuzhanin
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Yevgeni Perov | ... |
Yerofei Solomin
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Mikhail Kononov | ... |
Rodion Klimentov
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Konstantin Grigoryev | ... |
Geologist Guryev
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Nikolai Skorobogatov | ... |
Yermolai
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Pavel Kadochnikov | ... |
Eternal Grandfather
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Yelena Koreneva | ... |
Younger Taya Solomina
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Dmitriy Buzylyov-Kretso | ... |
Mitya
(as Dmitriy Buzylyov)
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Evgeniy Leonov-Gladyshev | ... |
Alesha Ustyuzhanin
(as Yevgeni Leonov)
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Ivan Dmitriyev | ... |
Blinov
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The story about a very small god-forgotten village in Siberia reflects the history of Russia from the beginning of the century till early 80s. Three generations try to find the land of happiness and to give it to the people. One builds the road through taiga to the star over horizon, the second 'build communism' and the third searches for oil. The oil is found but the destruction of the old cemetry and everything the people of the village cared for followed to get the 'black treasure' of Siberia. Written by Konstantin Dlutskii <ked@falcon.cc.ukans.edu>
This is just one of these rare cinema experiences. I've seen this film twice in cinema about 15 years ago. The first time in a stonecold auditorium (they ran out of heating oil) we all just sat there with gloves, jackets and other stuff to keep you warm. The film made such an impact with its beautifull images and its rare story. Russian cinema has a couple of these slow and long movies. Siberiade is a long (over 4 and a half hour) and slow movie. Long shots of man wading through cold swamps in search of oil. I like it!!!! It is a shame there was no videorelease in Europe, and now lets wait for the DVD!! Martin