Russia from Above (2019)

Feature length version of the documentary TV series Russia from Above. Russia as it has never been seen before filmed entirely from the sky with the worlds most sophisticated aerial cameras.

Directors:

Petra Höfer, Freddie Röckenhaus

Writers:

Petra Höfer, Freddie Röckenhaus

Stars:

Benjamin Völz, John Malkovich, Sergey Chonishvili

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Benjamin Völz	...	Narrator (voice)
John Malkovich	...	Narrator (voice)
Sergey Chonishvili	...	Narrator (voice)

Storyline

Russia is by far the largest country on Earth. Spanning 11 time zones, Russia From Above is the unprecedented endeavour to capture the length and breadth of this vast country from a bird's eye view. This is Russia as it has never been seen before and includes a number of spectacular locations granted film permits for the very first time in cinematic history. The worlds best aerial cameras spent nine months capturing the spectacular beauty, unique wildlife and colourful people of Russia. From the icebreakers on the Polar Sea to the antelopes in the Kalmykia steppes, from the active volcanoes of Kamchatka to the Europes highest peak on Mount Elbrus.

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Genres:

Documentary

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The 5 episode TV series of Russia from Above enjoyed the highest audience ratings of all time for any documentary series on German television, when it aired on the national broadcaster ZDF over the 2018-2019 Christmas - New Year holiday period with approximately 30 million viewers! A 90 minutes special edit of the tv series was broadcast on the French-German joint channel ARTE on primetime in both German and French languages, topping the highest ratings of all programmes in 2018 for ARTE Germany.

A Russian language version of the 90 min special edition opened the Moscow International Documentary Film Festival "Doker" in 2019, to a sold-out crowd of 1,600 in Russia's biggest movie theatre "Oktobyr" in Moscow. Russia from Above was extended to a 120 minutes theatrical 4K format in original Cinemascope, with narration from John Malkovich (English version), Benjamin Völz (German), and Sergey Chonishvili (Russian). The English version of the 5 episodes TV series was narrated by Tim Birkett for BBC UKTV and other territories.

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Connections

Edited from Russia from Above (2018)

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Details

Country:

Germany

Language:

German French English Russian

Release Date:

27 February 2020 (Germany)

Also Known As:

La Russie vue du ciel

Filming Locations:

St. Petersburg, Russia

Company Credits

Production Co:

colourFIELD Tell-A-Vision, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), ARTE

Technical Specs

Runtime:

121 min

Color:

Color