Underplayed Gems

Lantern Festival (1980)

Lantern Festival poster
Original title
Праздник фонарей
Directed by
Yawhen Markowski
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
26 min
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A short Soviet student film about the post-war period. It mixes documentary footage of soldiers returning from the front with a fictional story. The film focuses on the feelings of reunion and remembrance.

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What happens

«Праздник фонарей» — советский короткометражный художественный фильм 1980 года режиссёра Евгения Марковского. Дебютная — дипломная работа студентов ВГИК режиссёра Е. Марковского (мастерская С. Герасимова и Т. Макаровой) и оператора А. Рудь (мастерская А. Гальперина). Фильм получил диплом за операторскую работу на XIII фестиваль студенческих фильмов ВГИКа (1981). В фильме использованы кадры кинохроники возвращения солдат с фронта, Парада Победы 1945-го года. Роль в фильме — одна из первых ролей для исполнителя главной роли Дмитрия Харатьяна, он неоднократно называл фильм самым запомнившимся в начале его кинокарьеры. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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