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“Oh, it’s heavy, The stony grip of his right hand!” Alexander Pushkin “The Little Tragedies” The key figure of the Great October Socialist Revolution of 1917 in Russia was Lenin. After his death in 1924 Lenin’s image was immortalized in countless numbers of monuments in the Soviet Union and in the Soviet bloc’s countries. In her film, the artist refers to depicted in stone image of the Revolution leader based on archival materials and found footage. There is neither living nor dead Lenin in the film; only “the stone guest” become ingrained in Soviet people lives after his death. The film is preceded by a quote from «Little Tragedies» drama ("The Stone Guest" play) by Alexander Pushkin, in which a monument kills touching.
Authors
Film crew
- Director
- Marina Fomenko
- Screen writer
- Marina Fomenko
- Operator
- Archival materials
- Producer
- Marina Fomenko
- Composer
- Vladimir Tarasov
MOVIE ABOUT
- Theme
- History
- Country
- Russia
- Festivals
- Artdocfest 2019, Winner of international festivals 2019, International festivals 2019
- Financing
- Independent
- Languages
- Russian
Tags
Ленин