The Prisoner of St. Petersburg

The Prisoner of St. Petersburg
The Prisoner of St. Petersburg
Directed by	Ian Pringle
Written by
Produced by	;
Starring	Solveig Dommartin
Cinematography	Ray Argall
Edited by	Ursula West
Release date	1989;
Running time	78 minutes
Countries	Australia; West Germany
Language	English
Budget	A$330,000

The Prisoner of St. Petersburg is a 1989 Australian drama film directed by Ian Pringle.^[2] It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.^[3]

The film was the first Australian-West German co-production. It was shot over 22 days in Germany.^[4] David Stratton wrote that the film "appeared to be commercially doomed from the beginning".^[5]

Cast[]

as Italian truck driver
as Russian man with coat
Solveig Dommartin as Elena
as Old woman
as Russian man behind door
as Russian man on train
Pat O'Connell as Singing Irish man
as Stefan
as Businessman
Wieland Speck as Youth in bar
as Irish man
as Truck driver
Noah Taylor as Jack
as Johanna
as German drunk
as Lorenzo

References[]

^ "Production Barometer", Cinema Papers, May 1989 p40
^ Maslin, Janet (2012). "NY Times: The Prisoner of St. Petersburg". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
^ "Festival de Cannes: The Prisoner of St. Petersburg". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
^ The Prisoner of St Petersberg at Melbourne International Film Festival accessed 21 November 2012
^ David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p112

External links[]

The Prisoner of St. Petersburg at IMDb
The Prisoner of St Petersburg at Oz Movies

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[1] "Production Barometer", Cinema Papers, May 1989 p40

[NY_Times-2] Maslin, Janet (2012). "NY Times: The Prisoner of St. Petersburg". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2010.

[festival-cannes.com-3] "Festival de Cannes: The Prisoner of St. Petersburg". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2 August 2009.

[4] The Prisoner of St Petersberg at Melbourne International Film Festival accessed 21 November 2012

[stratton2-5] David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p112

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