Release date June 2016 (2016-06) | Music by Egor Romanenko Running time 35 minutes | |
Produced by Konstantin FamIan Fisher RomanovskyAlex A. PetruhinYuri IgrushaEgor Odintsov Country RussiaBelarusUkraineUnited StatesRomania | ||
Brutus is a short film directed by Konstantin Fam of 2015, the second novel of The trilogy "Witnesses" and the sequel of the "Shoes", dedicated to the memory of Holocaust victims.
Contents
Plot
“Brutus” continues concept of The trilogy "Witnesses" and tells us story of the Holocaust through the eyes of a German Shepherd dog Brutus. The The Nuremberg Laws have separated the dog with his favorite mistress, Jewish woman. In the process of training and taming Brutus becomes a concentration camp beast-killer. The film is based on a novel of a Czech writer Ludvik Ashkenazy.
Crew
Cast
Production
Filmmakers from Russia, Romania, Israel, the United States, Moldova, Belarus and the Czech Republic participated in the production.
Art features
The crew used a variety of filming techniques. The main aim was to show the events through the dog's eyes.
Konstantin Fam:
-Our film will be tough, but entirely pacifist in nature. My task is to make the viewer see things from the dog’s point of view, to show how quickly somebody can be brainwashed and turn into a monster
Confession
Film premiered at the Moscow International Film Festival in June 2016.