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Länteen itään

Original title: Est - Ouest
  • 1999
  • PG-13
  • 2h 1m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
5K
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Länteen itään (1999)
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In June 1946, Stalin invites the Russian exiled from the 1917 Revolution to return home. When the ships comes ashore in Odessa, the passengers are divided in two groups and one of them is ex... Read allIn June 1946, Stalin invites the Russian exiled from the 1917 Revolution to return home. When the ships comes ashore in Odessa, the passengers are divided in two groups and one of them is executed. Among the survivors are Dr. Aleksei Golovin, his French wife Marie and their young... Read allIn June 1946, Stalin invites the Russian exiled from the 1917 Revolution to return home. When the ships comes ashore in Odessa, the passengers are divided in two groups and one of them is executed. Among the survivors are Dr. Aleksei Golovin, his French wife Marie and their young son. Marie is accused to be a spy, her French passport is torn up and Aleksei accepts to ... Read all

  • Director
    • Régis Wargnier
  • Writers
    • Rustam Ibragimbekov
    • Sergei Bodrov
    • Louis Gardel
  • Stars
    • Oleg Menshikov
    • Sandrine Bonnaire
    • Catherine Deneuve
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.4/10
    5K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Régis Wargnier
    • Writers
      • Rustam Ibragimbekov
      • Sergei Bodrov
      • Louis Gardel
    • Stars
      • Oleg Menshikov
      • Sandrine Bonnaire
      • Catherine Deneuve
    • 56User reviews
    • 45Critic reviews
    • 61Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 6 wins & 8 nominations total

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    Oleg Menshikov
    Oleg Menshikov
    • Aleksei Golovin
    • (as Oleg Menchikov)
    Sandrine Bonnaire
    Sandrine Bonnaire
    • Marie, his wife
    Catherine Deneuve
    Catherine Deneuve
    • Gabrielle Develay
    Sergey Bodrov
    Sergey Bodrov
    • Sasha Vasilyev
    • (as Sergueï Bodrov Jr)
    Ruben Tapiero
    • Seryozha, age 7
    Erwan Baynaud
    • Seryozha, age 14
    Grigori Manoukov
    • Pirogov
    Tatyana Dogileva
    Tatyana Dogileva
    • Olga
    • (as Tatiana Doguileva)
    Bogdan Stupka
    Bogdan Stupka
    • Colonel Boyko
    Meglena Karalambova
    • Nina Fyodorovna
    Atanass Atanassov
    • Viktor
    Tania Massalitinova
    • Anastasia Aleksandrovna
    Valentin Ganev
    Valentin Ganev
    • Volodya Petrov
    Nikolai Binev
    • Sergei Kozlov
    • (as Nikolaï Binev)
    René Féret
    • Ambassadeur de France
    Daniel Martin
    • Turkish Captain
    Hubert Saint-Macary
    • Embassy Advisor
    Jauris Casanova
    • Fabiani
    • Director
      • Régis Wargnier
    • Writers
      • Rustam Ibragimbekov
      • Sergei Bodrov
      • Louis Gardel
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      The two main Russian actors (Oleg Menshikov and Sergey Bodrov) do not speak French. They memorized all the lines phonetically.
    • Goofs
      When Marie goes to the KGB building in Kiev and Alexei finds her there, persuading her to leave, the viewer can read a sign on the building that says, in Cyrillic letters, "Ministerstvo na..." This is a Bulgarian genitive construction, meaning "The Ministry of..." The only Slavic languages that show the genitive case in this fashion are Bulgarian and Macedonian. The genitive case is marked differently in Russian and Ukrainian, which shows that the "KGB" building could not actually have been in Kiev. This makes sense because the film was partially shot in Bulgaria.
    • Connections
      Featured in Femme Fatale (2002)

    User reviews56

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    8/10
    At what price freedom?
    "East/West" ventures into a time (post WWII) when the Iron Curtain shrouded Stalin's Soviet Union and a curtain of suspicion and distrust shrouded every soviet life. The film follows a French family of three as the patriarch returns to his Russian homeland where he and his family are held prisoners of conscience by communism. The film focuses on the characters, their silent suffering and yearning for freedom while living in a state of constant paranoia as it tears husband from wife, mother from son, and heroism emerges from the most unlikely places. "East/West" is an entertaining watch for all and, though fictional, offers a sense of what the Cold War was about.
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    • Release date
      • September 1, 1999 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • Russia
      • Ukraine
      • Bulgaria
      • France
      • Spain
    • Official sites
      • Russian Official Site
      • Sony Pictures Classics
    • Languages
      • French
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • Väst - öst
    • Filming locations
      • Kyiv, Ukraine
    • Production companies
      • UGC YM
      • France 3 Cinéma
      • NTV
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $11,500,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $2,321,029
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $56,147
      • Apr 9, 2000
    • Gross worldwide
      • $6,031,521
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 1 minute
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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