Screening and talk with the director
German with English subtitles. Q&A in Russian, English translation.
It is the spring of 1941. German engineer Hans and his colleagues arrive at a USSR glass manufacturing factory. The Soviet Union is to deliver raw materials to Germany – in exchange for the latest industrial machinery and technologies. It quickly becomes apparent this is not the whole story and both sides have the foreboding of things to come. Yet they meet as people and become friends.
Alexander Mindadze shows the intimate stories drawn down into those waves of history. As the plot unravels, we see Hans in the role of a conqueror, looking on through the lense of his own making. But what he sees does not seem real, and the shadows of old secrets begin to cloud his vision. A story of the perturbation of a man who does not realise what is happening with him.
A partner project of UK, Germany and Russia, this movie is the pièce de résistance of this acclaimed and prolific writer, director & producer. 124 minutes – German, with English subtitles. The screening will be followed by a Q and A session with Mindadze (in Russian, with translation.) The entry fee we charge this time, as an exception, helps towards covering his journey to the UK. Kindly RSVP – seating is limited.
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Awards
Nika Award
from the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts
for best film and best screenplay
White Elephant Award
from the Russian Guild of Film Critics
for best director, best film and best screenplay
Golden Eagle Award
from the National Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences of Russia
for best screenplay
Best narrative feature film, Chicago film festival
Filmography
Scriptwriter, director, producer
2015 My Good Hans (Moscow IFF, 2015, Hamburg IFF, Chicago, Rotterdam, 2015)
2011 Innocent Saturday (Berlin IFF, Brussel, 2011)
Scriptwriter, director
2015 My Good Hans (Moscow IFF, 2015, Hamburg IFF, Chicago, Rotterdam, 2015)
2011 Innocent Saturday (Berlin IFF, Brussel, 2011)
2007 Soar (IFF in Venice, Critic’s week, 2007)
Scriptwriter
2015 My Good Hans
2011 Innocent Saturday
2007 Soar
2009 Minnesota
2005 Dreaming of space
2003 Trio
2003 Magnetic Storms
1997 Time of a dancer
1995 A Play for a Passenger
1991 Armavir
1988 The Servant
1986 Plumbum, or The Dangerous Game
1984 Parade of the Planets
1982 The Train Has Stopped
1980 A Fox Hunt
1978 The turning point
1976 Speech for the Defense
1976 Spring Selection
1971 The return of the boat (short)
1971 The task (short)