“Cities and Years” - a two - part large - format film directed by Alexander Zarha [1] , an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Konstantin Fedin .
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| Producer | Alexander Zarchi |
| Author script | Vladimir Valutsky Alexander Zarchi |
| In the main cast | Barbara Brylska Igor Starygin Siegfried Glacier |
| Operator | Alexander Knyazhinsky |
| Composer | Alfred Schnittke |
| Film company | Mosfilm , Youth Creative Union |
| Duration | 133 min |
| A country |  the USSR |
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| Year | 1973 |
| IMDb | ID 0176782 |
Content
Story
The protagonist of the film (and the novel of the same name) is Andrey Startsov (actor Igor Starygin ) - a humanist , intellectual , confused in his feelings [2] .
The events of the film, unlike the novel, occur in chronological order. In addition, there are significant plot differences with the original source. In particular, in the film, Andrei’s help to the captured Margrave von tsur Mühlen-Schönau in the latter’s departure to his homeland was not shown as a forgery of documents, but as an ordinary request to his friend Kurt for assistance in this matter. And as a result, the ending of the picture also differs significantly from the novel: Kurt Van returns to Germany and, having become a participant in the November Revolution , dies, being shot by a detachment under the command of von tsur Mühlen-Schönau. The film ends with a theatrical performance in Petrograd reading two letters addressed to the protagonist - one written by Kurt before the shooting, the other left by Rita before her decision to leave Andrei for the sake of his life with Marie Urbach who arrived.
In the fall of 1919, Andrei Startsov arrived from the city of Semidola (the name was invented) in Petrograd . He was mobilized in the army and arrived at the duty station, but instead of sending him to the units operating on the front, Andrei was left a clerk at the headquarters. Soon, Rita arrives to Andrei - a woman who is expecting a child from him.
The year is 1914. Student Andrei Startsov shortly before the start of World War I arrived in Germany . Because of the outbreak of war, he cannot get home and lives in the town of Bischofsberg. In Germany, he became friends with the artist Kurt Wahn (actor Siegfried Glazedier ), a person close to him in spirit. But with the outbreak of war, Kurt drew back from his friend Andrei, he considered that from now on they had nothing to talk about.
Cast
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Camera crew
- Stage Director: Alexander Zarhi
- Screenwriters: Vladimir Valutsky , Alexander Zarchi
- Director of photography: Alexander Knyazhinsky
- Composer: Alfred Schnittke
- Lyrics: Mikhail Lvovsky
- Set Designer: David Vinitsky [3]
- Conductor: Mark Ermler
Facts
- The film premiered on the opening day of the VIII International Film Festival in Moscow
- The film was shot jointly by the Mosfilm (USSR) and DEFA (GDR) movie studios.
- The plot of the novel contains scenes of revolutionary Russia ( Petrograd , Moscow , the Siberian vaccination ), battles on the front of the First World War , Kaiser Germany (the fictional town of Bischofsberg).
- All scenes of the film related to Germany were filmed in Weimar and Erfurt with the assistance of DEFA filmmakers.
Notes
- ↑ Today is the 100th birthday of director Alexander Zarha (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment November 24, 2008. Archived March 4, 2016.
- ↑ Great Soviet Encyclopedia. Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov, 3rd ed. T. 27. Ulyanovsk - Frankfort. 1977.624 p., Ill .; 32 l ill. and cards.
- ↑ Mosfilm. Cities and Years (inaccessible link)