Zateryannyy v Sibiri (1991)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Aleksandr Mitta

Writers:

James Brabazon (writer)
Valeri Frid (writer)

Release Date:

8 May 1992 (UK)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

"Lost in Siberia" is a political drama about the Stalin's prison-camp in Russia.

Plot Keywords:

Gulag | Violence | Female Frontal Nudity | Love Against The Odds | Child Heroine

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe.

Cast

Anthony Andrews	...	Andrei Miller
Vladimir Ilyin	...	Captain Malakhov
Yelena Majorova	...	Anna
Irina Mikhalyova	...	Lilka (as Ira Mikhalyova)
Aleksandr Gureyev	...	Sergeant Konyaev
Valentin Gaft	...	Beria
Aleksei Zharkov	...	Nikola
Natalya Gundareva	...	Faina
Zinoviy Gerdt	...	Levenson
Ivan Bortnik	...	Faina's husband
Vladimir Prozorov	...	Charlie
Yevgeni Mironov	...	Volodja
Nikolai Pastukhov	...	Uncle Misha
Mikhail Zhigalov	...	Wounded traitor
Pyotr Zaychenko	...	Interrogator

Also Known As:

Lost in Siberia

Runtime:

Germany:103 min | Soviet Union:140 min | Argentina:110 min

Country:

Soviet Union | UK

Language:

Russian | English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:16 | South Korea:15 | Argentina:16

Company:

Mosfilm

Trivia:

The first realistic portrayal of a Siberian gulag to be filmed in the former Soviet Union by Soviet filmmakers.

terrific film

I am a Russian-American journalist who lived and worked in Moscow during the early 1990s. I happened to catch "Lost in Siberia" when it came out. As someone who specializes in the political purges of the Stalin era and wrote a PBS documentary film script on the subject, I was deeply impressed by the historical accuracy of the film.