BANDITS
BANDITEN


Country of production: Germany
Year: 2003
Language: English, German
Mins: 52

Director: Zaza Rusadze
Script: Zaza Rusadze
Cinematography: Levan Pataraia,
Jutta Trankle
Editing: Tamuna Karumidze
Producer: Susann Schimk
Jorg Trentmann
Production company: Credo Film
Source: Susann Schimk
Credo Film
Schiffbauerdamm 13
10117 Berlin
GERMANY
Phone: +49 3097 894531
www.credofilm.de

On the evening of November 18, 1983, seven young Georgians with a dream, hijacked a Soviet passenger plane. The terrorist’s aim: a dramatic escape into the glittering west. What started out as a naive fantasy quickly became a nightmare whose events have left an indelible mark on the psyche of the Georgian nation.

Zaza Rusadze makes his directorial debut with BANDITS, a film retracing the roots of the escapade, its victims, its survivors and its myth. In the era defined by terror, BANDITS is a timely examination of the human side of terrorism.

Zaza Rusadze was born in Tbilisi, Georgia, in 1977. He worked for Georgian State Television for several years. Since 1966 he has lived in Berlin. He studied film directing at HFF “Konrad Wolf” in Potsdam. He is a member of the Georgian Artist Collective Goslab. BANDITS is his first long documentary film.

filmography as director
Bandits (2003)
Zu weit und weiter (1999)
Oskar oder malen nach zahlen (1997)

Tuesday 13-Apr-2004 7:00 PM Gallery Theatre screening with COLD BLOODED