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Izobrazhaya Zhertvu

Alternative title
Playing the Victim
Synopsis
Feature film. Black comedy, the sub-plot offering a loose adaptation of Hamlet. Tells the story of a university graduate, Valya (Chursin) who impersonates victims in crime-scene reconstructions. Valya feels he is drowning as his absurd life goes from one terrible crime scene to another. Suddenly he has a vision: his deceased father comes to him in his sleep and tells the truth - he was poisoned by his own wife and her lover, who is now Valya’s uncle...
Language
Russian
Country
Russian Federation
Medium
Film
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Year of release
2006
Duration
95 mins

Credits

Director
Kirill Serebrennikov
Producer
Leonid Zagalsky; Lyudmila Savelyeva; Natalya Mokritskaya
Cinematographer
Sergei Mokritsky
Screenplay
Brothers Presnyakov
Production Design
Valeriy Arkhipov
Cast
Yuri ChursinValya (Hamlet)
Fyodor DobronravovUncle Petia (Claudius)
Marina GolubValya’s mother (Gertrude)

Additional Details

Production type
Fiction Films
Plays
Hamlet
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes
Note: the copy from amazon.com is a Russian import coded Region 5.0.
General
Based on the play by the Brothers Presnyakov.
Reviews
Leslie Felperin. Variety (June 21 2006).

Online Availability

Online URL
http://www.izhertvu.ru/

Production Company

Name

Novye Lyudi

Name

Vega

Online Retailer

Name

amazon.com

Web
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