Sto dney do prikaza (1990)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Hussein Erkenov

Writers:

Vladimir Kholodov (writer)
Yuri Polyakov (writer)

Release Date:

20 April 1995 (Germany)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Nudity | Underwater | Homoeroticism | Very Little Dialogue | Military

Cast

Vladimir Zamansky	...	The Unknown Man
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan	...	Brigade Commander
Oleg Vasilkov	...	Elin
Roman Grekov	...	Zub
Valeri Troshin	...	Kudrin
Aleksandr Chislov	...	Zyrin
Mikhail Solomatin	...	Belikov
Sergei Romantsov	...	Titarenko
Sergey Bystritskiy	...	Senior Lieutenant
Yelena Kondulainen	...	Death
Oleg Khusainov	...	Angel
Sergei Semyonov	...	Captain
Aleksei Volkov
Vladimir Puchkov
Pavel Stepanov

Also Known As:

100 Days Before the Command

Runtime:

71 min

Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Russian

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Germany:16

Company:

Gorky Film Studios

Atmospheric depiction of daily life in the red army.

At first sight, comparisons with Tarkovsky and Sokurov are inevitable. However, although this film is visually striking and very atmospheric, it seems to lack balance between the cinematographic and the narrative parts. Watching this movie, feels a little like watching a slide-show by a great photographer.An interesting experience, great to look at, but something is missing. Some parts are obviously dreams or hallucinations, but then I'm still not sure what statement the director intended to make by these parts. Maybe it's all intended to be a dream, and it does indeed have nightmarish qualities. At times I felt like I was watching life shortly before and/or after a nuclear catastrophe. Despite my criticism about "the missing plot" I can't seem to get this movie out of my mind, so it might be brilliant after all. If not, it's still an interesting look "backstage" at how life may have been for soldiers in the red army.