The Mark of Cain

Name: The Mark of Cain
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2001-03-05
Duration: 1 h 13 min
Rating: 7.6

20012001
1h 13m

IMDb RATING

7.6/10

385

YOUR RATING

Alix Lambert, Lalou Dammond, and Damon Locks in The Mark of Cain (2001)

Documentary

Sailing ships, stars, angels and executioners, The Mark of Cain chronicles the vanishing practice and language of Russian Criminal Tattoos. Captured in some of Russia's most notorious prison... Read allSailing ships, stars, angels and executioners, The Mark of Cain chronicles the vanishing practice and language of Russian Criminal Tattoos. Captured in some of Russia's most notorious prisons, including the fabled White Swan, the film traces the animus of the flowers of this carn... Read allSailing ships, stars, angels and executioners, The Mark of Cain chronicles the vanishing practice and language of Russian Criminal Tattoos. Captured in some of Russia's most notorious prisons, including the fabled White Swan, the film traces the animus of the flowers of this carnal art by way of the brutality of it's origins: the penitentiary and the criminal environm... Read all

IMDb RATING

7.6/10

385

YOUR RATING

- Alix Lambert

See production, box office & company info

See more at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination

Photos

Add photo

More like this

7.8

6.4

6.3

7.3

7.3

7.6

Storyline

Edit

Did you know

Edit

Trivia
Viggo Mortensen, citing this documentary as inspiration, worked with makeup artist Stephan Dupuis to create the right tattoos for his character in Eastern Promises.

Connections
Referenced in Eastern Promises: Marked for Life (2007)

Soundtracks
Don't Wait for Me Mama
Performed by Dinah Vierny (as Dina Vierny)
Chants Du Goulag

User reviews6

Review

Featured review

8/10

Expert documentary making from such a newcomer

Although the primary goal of the documentary is to examine prison tattooing in Russia, it gives the subjects the opportunity to discuss the conditions in the prisons. I thought this was an expertly crafted technique: if Alix Lambert had arrived in Russia and looked to film the deplorable conditions in the prisons, she'd likely have been guided to some "show prison" where prisoners are treated kindly. By examining tattooing, she had the opportunity to see how casually accepted the poor conditions really are.

helpful•10