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Faust (2011)

Director

Alexander Sokurov

Producer

Andrei Sigle

Subject

Film studies; German studies; Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (139 minutes), £15.99

German-language film version of the Faust legend, loosely adapted from Goethe’s play by Russian film director Alexander Sokurov. As with Sokurov’s previous works, FAUST is a visually inventive film whose...

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Moscow Elegy - Alexander Sokurov (2007)

aka: Moskovskaya Elegiya

Director

Alexander Sokurov

Subject

Film Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £24.99

Originally intended to mark the 50th birthday of Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky. However, disagreements within the Soviet Professional Union of Cinematographers about the style and content of the film...

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Elegy of the Land - Maria/Last Day of a Rainy Summer (2007)

Director

Alexander Sokurov

Subject

Agriculture; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 40/30 minutes), £24.99

Two shorts by Alexander Sokurov about the significance of the land to Russia, where it has an almost spiritual meaning. Both films are embued with the director’s signature moody melancholy. MARIA, made in...

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Dmitri Shostakovich: Sonata for Viola (2005)

Subject

Music; Russian studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 75 minutes), £16.99

Banned in the USSR until 1985, Sonata for Viola documents the life of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich. In addition to being a portrait of a musical genius, the film bears witness to the joy of modern...

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