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Russia from Above

Original title: Russland von oben
  • 2019
  • 2h 1m
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8.2/10
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Russia from Above (2019)
Russia From Above The largest country on Earth as you have never seen it before.
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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.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.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
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    • Directors
      • Petra Höfer
      • Freddie Röckenhaus
    • Writers
      • Petra Höfer
      • Freddie Röckenhaus
    • Stars
      • Benjamin Völz
      • John Malkovich
      • Sergey Chonishvili
    • 1User review
    • 4Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 9 wins

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    John Malkovich
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    Sergey Chonishvili
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      • Freddie Röckenhaus
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      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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    7/10

    There always is a "but"

    It's filmed beautifully, yes. Not that every one of us will have a chance to look at Russia "from above".

    But.

    The first thing you see is nature. That supposed to mean the movie should be apolitical. The creators, apparently, thought otherwise and put a few corresponding comments. Just why? Are you able to look at nature and see... well, nature, not a state it belongs to, and, the more so, not include your own opinions on this state 'cause people come to watch some great pictures, not to listen to some political stuff as if hidden under neutral tone?

    The second thing is the absence of any storytelling logic. The first moment you are in the polar zone, the next -- in the south. Then you're in the Arctic again and then in some third place. The two biggest cities are shown twice. Why? Many people have already heard of them.

    Just for the opportunity to look at these various landscapes from the sky

    7 out of 10.
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    • Release date
      • February 27, 2020 (Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • Germany
    • Languages
      • German
      • French
      • English
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • Россия с неба
    • Filming locations
      • St. Petersburg, Russia(Russia)
    • Production companies
      • colourFIELD Tell-A-Vision
      • Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
      • ARTE
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      • $76,199
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      2 hours 1 minute
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