Elegy (1986)

Original title

Элегия

Directed by

Alexander Sokurov

Genre

documentary film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

30 min

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film shows the exhumation and reburial of singer Feodor Chaliapin from a Paris cemetery to Moscow. His daughters from his second marriage travel to the Soviet Union for the ceremony.

somberreflectivepoignantslow-pacednostalgicmelancholicobservationalcalm

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