Russian–speaking, UK and European artists and scholars, from a transcultural perspective.
Alexei Gherman’s first two solo features, 1971’s Trial on the Road and 1976’s Twenty Days Without War, both remarkable, unorthodox, and decidedly anti-heroic war films, met with official disapproval and censorship. The former was still banned (and would remain so for another decade) when Gherman embarked on the latter. A subtle, intimate, and affecting drama, … Continue reading “20 дней без войны – 20 Days without War”
In 1943, after the Battle of Stalingrad, Lopatin, a Soviet Army veteran and writer, travels home to Uzbekistan discovers how even the false peace of a remote civilian village can be disturbed by the silent echoes of distant battle.
Alexei German’s first two solo features, 1971’s Trial on the Road and 1976’s Twenty Days Without War, both remarkable, unorthodox, and decidedly anti-heroic war films, met with official disapproval and censorship. The former was still banned (and would remain so for another decade) when German embarked on the latter. A subtle, intimate, and affecting drama, … Continue reading “Алексей Герман “20 дней без войны””
