First Oscar

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First Oscar
Directed bySergey Mokritskiy
Written by
  • Maksim Budarin
  • Yury Nenev
Produced byNatalia Mokritskaya (ru)
Starring
CinematographyAndrey Naydenov
Edited byAnna Krutiy
Production
companies
Distributed byCentral Partnership
Release date
  • March 24, 2022 (2022-03-24)
CountryRussia
Languages
  • Russian
  • English

First Oscar (Russian: Первый Оскар) is an upcoming Russian WWII film directed by Sergey Mokritskiy. The film tells the story of its creation of the documentary film Moscow Strikes Back directed by Ilya Kopalin and Leonid Varlamov, filmed in record time, was awarded the first Oscar in history for the best feature-length documentary in 1943. This is the first Soviet "Oscar" received by Russian cinematographers. Fifteen photographers took part in the Battle of Moscow in 1941.[1][2]

It is scheduled to be theatrically released in Russia on March 24, 2022 by Central Partnership.[3]

Plot[]

1941. German troops on the outskirts of Moscow. Twenty-year-old camera students Lev Alperin and Ivan Maisky refuse to leave for evacuation and seek to be sent to the front in order to be in the center of the grand battle for Moscow with cameras.

Lev Alperin and Ivan Maisky compete for the title of the best cameraman of the course and for the love of the beautiful Yuna from the acting department. When the evacuation begins, the three of them refuse to leave and go to the front: Yuna will perform in a concert team, and Ivan and Lev become military cameramen. Their rivalry continues here, but the trials and horrors of the war, the courage and exploits of the Soviet soldiers, which they witness, change their views on creativity and life. Only thanks to this they manage to shoot shots that will go down in history ...

In parallel with this, the viewer will see the peaceful life of Los Angeles, where the 15th Oscar ceremony of the year began with a sensation - the main Hollywood film award received a documentary from the Soviet Union.

Inspired by real events: filmed in record time, the documentary Moscow Strikes Back, directed by Ilya Kopalin and Leonid Varlamov, won the first ever Oscar for Best Documentary in 1943. This is the first Oscar received by domestic filmmakers.[4]

Cast[]

Other cast[]

  • Michael Lerner as Louis B. Mayer
  • Austin Basis as David O. Selznick
  • Robert L. Wilson as Howard Hawks
  • Taissa Zveiter as Irene Mayer Selznick
  • Eddie Vincent as a reporter
  • Daniel Lench as Sid Grauman
  • Mandy May Cheetham as Jane Murfin
  • Colin Thomas Jennings as Perry Lieber
  • Matt Lagan as Fred Beetson
  • Paul Dinh-McCrillis as a photographer
  • Jordan Laesch as Bob Hope

Production[]

Development[]

The New People Film Company has begun the Russian stage of filming the First Oscar project, which is dedicated to the memory of front-line operators. The film is made by the creative team of the film Battle for Sevastopol by Sergey Mokritskiy, and screenwriters Maksim Budarin and Yury Nenev.[5] The leading roles in the film First Oscar will be performed by Tikhon Zhiznevsky, Anton Momot, Darya Zhovner, and Andrey Merzlikin.

Filming[]

Principal photography began on January 31, 2021 in the town of Medyn, Kaluga Oblast. On February 7, the film crew will move to the town of Aleksin, Tula Oblast: filming here will take place until April 30, with the organizational assistance of the Tula Region Film Commission under the government.

References[]

  1. ^ Khokhryakova, Svetlana (May 19, 2020). "Режиссер Мокрицкий расскажет удивительную историю первого советского "Оскара"" [Director Sergey Mokritskiy will tell the amazing story of the first Soviet "Oscar"]. Moscow Komsomolets (in Russian). Retrieved December 20, 2021.
  2. ^ Karev, Igor (February 1, 2021). "Что за фильм о первом советском "Оскаре" снимет Сергей Мокрицкий?" [What kind of film about the first Soviet Oscar will Sergey Mokritskiy shoot?]. Arguments and Facts (in Russian). Retrieved December 20, 2021.
  3. ^ "Фильм "Первый Оскар" станет посвящением подвигу кинематографистов" [The film "The First Oscar" will be a dedication to the feat of filmmakers]. www.vesti.ru (in Russian). December 8, 2021. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
  4. ^ "Первый Оскар / The First Oscar (2022)". www.kinoafisha.info (in Russian).
  5. ^ ""Как снимать войну, никто не знал"" [«Nobody knew how to film the war»]. IZ.RU (in Russian). Retrieved December 20, 2021.

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