Description
In 2003, the creators of the film spent several days in the working laboratory of the director Aleksei German, who at the time was deeply involved in the making of “Hard to Be a God”, based on the Strugatsky brothers’ novel. The first version of the film grew out of those observations; in 2026, it was substantially added to, recut, and restored. The project could not have been carried through without the support of Viktor Shkurenko.
About the director:
Peter Shepotinnik
Film scholar, director, publicist. Winner of the Nika Award (for the film Khutsiev. Action Starts!,2019), prize-winner of national and international film- and television festivals. In 1978 graduated from the film studies department of the Film Institute VGIK. Author and host of“Kinescope” (1994–present). Author of numerous essayistic documentary films about artists, among them: Malyavina. The Grove (1995, Grand Prix at IFF of TV films in Bari), Khamdamovon Video (1995), Balabanov in the War (2001), After Tarkovsky (2003), Verse (about Andrei Voznesensky, 2008), Lyubimov. Chronicles (2008), We Others Will Not (2021). Author of the story “Stereo” (2012), and the collection of articles and interviews “Allegro video” (2021). Consultant of the Venice Biennale for cinema.