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Director
Antoine Cattin ...
Producer
Elena Hill
Production company
Les Films Hors-Champ ...
Director of photography
Antoine Cattin ...
Editor
Antoine Cattin

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Playback, Russia, Switzerland, 2012, 67 min, Arts and Culture, Portrait

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Almost 75 years of age, Alexei German is one of the greatest living Russian directors. He is well-known not only for his despotic behaviour on set, but also for his incredible precision. Perhaps this is also the reason he has only made four films to date (e.g. My Friend Ivan Lapshin and Khrustalyov, My Car!). Production on his latest film, this time based on the novel by the Strugatsky brothers, Hard to Be God (Trudno byt bogom), has been ongoing for more than ten years. Directing duo Cattin and Kostomarov (The Mother – screened at Karlovy Vary in 2008) were given permission to move about freely on set with two cameras while German was shooting his film, and during breaks they talked to the man himself. This suggestive glimpse into a specific environment with its own rules, from which the filmmakers were able to capture the essence of truth during the creative process, is a portrait not only of a celebrated and uncompromising artist, but of his country as well. [KVIFF]

Director:

Pavel Kostomarov, Antoine Cattin

Producer:

Elena Hill

Director of photography:

Pavel Kostomarov, Antoine Cattin

Editor:

Antoine Cattin

Screenplay:

Antoine Cattin

Languages:

Russian