The film premiered at the 51st cannes film festival on may 20, 1998 as part of the main competition for the palme dor award. Aleksei german among the long shadows film comment. At the 1999 russian guild of film critics awards the picture was awarded as best film and aleksei german received the best director prize. A black and white film, the titles appear only after about 10 minutes of pivoting plots, kind of reminded me how the titles suddenly appeared in sergio leones. Khrustalyov, my car is a 1998 russian comedydrama film directed by aleksei german and. One of the most disturbing russian films of all time, khrustalyov. In a 1999 interview about moloch, sokurov said, there are no leaders. This moment, on which german infinitesimally freezeframes, has. Directed by aleksei german hard to be a god, khrustalyov, my car. The insanity that he witnesses there carries over to his family life which is. Maddening miscellany of russian horrors aleksei germans 1998 film set in last days of stalin reflects directors grim view of humanity. It did win the 1999 russian guild of film critics awards as the best film and. Cars i iii complete planes i and ii complete walt disney 2 movie bundling bluray.
Military doctor general klenski is arrested in stalins russia in 1953 during an antisemitic political campaign accused of being a participant in socalled. December 14, 2018 this is a film of spit and paranoia, a truly raw satire. Beria is keen to complete the proceedings and is quick to close stalins eyes. Arrow films, arrow video, arrow academy, arrow tv, events, bluray, dvd, merchandise, cult horror, arthouse. In 2000, film critic jonathan romney wrote that khrustalyov, my car.