Violin (2017 film)
Violin | |
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Directed by | Konstantin Fam |
Produced by | Konstantin Fam Alex A. Petruhin Boris Mints Egor Odintsov |
Starring | Lenn Kudrjawizki Vladimir Koshevoy Mikhail Gorevoy Vyacheslav Chepurchenko Maria King Marusya Zykova Alexey Petrukhin Anzhelika Kashirina Alim Kandur Vyacheslav Ganenko |
Music by | Egor Romanenko |
Release date |
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Running time | 35 minutes |
Country | Russia |
Violin (Russian: Скрипка) is the final novel of the film trilogy "Witnesses".[1] The film opens at the beginning of the 20th century in a violin shop, where an instrument was created as a present for a Jewish boy. Later that violin became a witness to the tragic events that took place during the Holocaust. When the instrument turned a hundred years old, its journey ended a concert at the Wailing Wall.[2]
Plot[]
The world of the film forms around a unique musical instrument and its incredible journey, that involved witnessing all the horrors of the war. It opens in a violin shop, where at the beginning of the 20th century an instrument was created as a present for a Jewish boy. It ends many years later by a concert at the Wailing Wall.[3]
Cast[]
- Lenn Kudrjawizki as Leonid Shtiller
- Vladimir Koshevoi as Leo Shtiller
- Mikhail Gorevoy as Richard
- Vyacheslav Chepurchenko as Kurt
- Maria King as Rachel
- Maria Zykova as Ada
- Alex A. Petruhin as Otto
- Anzhelika Kashirina as Katya
- Alim Kandur as Shlomo
- Vyacheslav Ganenko as Moshe
Production[]
Filmmakers from Russia, Israel, the United States, Belarus and the Czech Republic participated in the production. The filming took place in Moscow, New-York, Prague, Brest, Minsk and ended in Jerusalem with accordance of the novel's plot.[4]
The film was created with the financial support of the Ministry for Culture of Russia, as well as private philanthropists.
Confession[]
Film premiered as part of the competition program of the 39th Moscow International Film Festival in June 2017.[5] It is also longlisted for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film.[6][7]
Accolades[]
Awards[]
- 39th Moscow International Film Festival, Competition program[8]
- The film is longlisted for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film, 2017[9][10]
- The film was nominated for the Golden Eagle Award of National Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences of Russia for Best Short Film, 2017[11]
- Sochi International Film Awards (Russia), the award of the name of Vera Glagoleva; the special award of the Short Film Contest "For the Preservation of Historical Memory"[12]
Official partners[]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Лучшие фильмы о Второй Мировой". Afisha.uz. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ "Fam: a short meter boom is on its way. souzveche.ru". Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ "Константин Фам привозит в Израиль "Киноальманах «Свидетели" – GORSKIE.ru". gorskie.ru. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ "В рамках ММКФ в Доме кино прошла "Неделя белорусских фильмов в России"". 28 June 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ "Кинобизнес / 39-й ММКФ: третий день". Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ "Российский фильм о Холокосте поборется за "Оскар"". Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ Inc., TV Rain (11 October 2017). "Музыка перед расстрелом: интервью с режиссером короткометражки "Скрипка" о Холокосте, которая выдвинута от России на "Оскар"". Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ "СКРИПКА :: Каталог фильмов :: Московский Международный кинофестиваль". 39.moscowfilmfestival.ru. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ "Российский короткометражный фильм "Скрипка" поборется за "Оскар"". Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ "Шнейдеров: Короткометражка "Скрипка" имеет все шансы на статуэтку "Оскара"". Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ "Номинанты премии "Золотой Орел" за 2017 год". www.kinoacademy.ru. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ "Короткометражный фильм "Скрипка" режиссёра Константина Фама получил награду имени Веры Глаголевой". glasnarod.ru. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ "Премьера фильма "Свидетели", созданного при поддержке ФЕОР, состоится в День памяти жертв Холокоста — Лехаим". lechaim.ru. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
External links[]
- 2017 films
- Holocaust films
- 2017 war drama films
- Russian epic films
- Russian-language films
- War epic films
- Epic films based on actual events
- Rescue of Jews during the Holocaust
- Russian war drama films
- 2017 drama films
- Russian World War II films