Mournful Unconcern
7.6 /10 1 Votes
4.2/5 Music director Vladimir Persov Duration Language Russian | 6.8/10 Director Alexander Sokurov Screenplay Yuri Arabov Country Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date 1983 (completed production), 1987 Writer George Bernard Shaw (play), Yuriy Arabov (screenplay) Initial release December 1, 1988 (Hungary) Cast Ramaz Chkhikvadze (Shotover), Alla Osipenko (Ariadne), Tatiana Egorova (Hesione), Dmitry Bryantsev (Hector)Related Alexander Sokurov movies |
Mournful Unconcern (Russian: Скорбное бесчувствие, translit. Skorbnoye beschuvstviye) is the third produced film by Alexander Sokurov, completed in 1983, but the fourth released one, as it was banned by Soviet authorities until perestroika in 1987. The film, set during World War I, is inspired by Bernard Shaw's play Heartbreak House. Professional actors (Zamansky, Osipenko, Sokolova and others) were used alongside amateur actors, like in most early Sokurov films, and many of the trademarks of his cinematographic style were already apparent.
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Background
The film sparked controversy and was halted by the Soviet film authorities by cutting state subsidy for the film's budget during the production process, so it took time to find money and complete the film. It was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival in 1987.
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