Russian Symphony (Russian: Русская симфония Russkaya simfoniya) is a 1994 Russian drama film directed by Konstantin Lopushansky and starring Viktor Mikhaylov. The narrative is set in a dark version of contemporary Russia where the world seems to be coming to an end through a flood. A man is desperate to do something good with his life before it ends, but is mostly met with suspicion.
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Directed by | Konstantin Lopushansky |
Written by | Konstantin Lopushansky |
Produced by | Aleksandr Golutva |
Starring | Viktor Mikhaylov Aleksandr Ilyin Kira Kreylis-Petrova Valery Garkalin |
Cinematography | Nikolai Pokoptsev |
Music by | Andrey Sigle |
Production companies | Lenfilm Orient Express |
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Running time | 108 min |
Country | Russia |
Language | Russian |
The film ties in thematically with Lopushansky's other apocalyptic films, Dead Man's Letters (1986), A Visitor to a Museum (1989) and The Ugly Swans (2006), and is the most overtly religious of them.[1]
It played in the Forum section of the 45th Berlin International Film Festival and received the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury.[2][3]
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