IVAN MOZJOUKHIN,
OR THE CARNIVAL CHILD
Original language title: IWAN MOZZUCHIN ILI DITIA KARNAWALA

Country of production: Russia
Year: 1999
Language: Russian
65 mins.

One of film's most famous faces, Ivan Mozjoukhin was a leading actor in the silent era. With the transition to sound, his fortunes did not endure. Based on detailed documentation, this film presents rare images of Mozjoukhin on film, as well as his private photographs, his letters, and his notes. The result is a strong portrait of a man and his artform, all within the context of European bohemia between the wars.

Director: Galina Dolmatovskaya
Script: Galina Dolmatovskaya
Cinematography: Pavel Sukhov, Vladimir Lozowsky
Music: Taras Buyevsky
Editing: Nelli Zhdanova
Producer: Tatiana Nechayeva
Production Company: Institute of Cinema Arts
Source:
Galina Dolmatovskaya
Institute of Cinema Arts
125009 Moscow
Degetyarny pereulok, 8, Russia
dolmatovskaya@mail.ru

Galina Dolmatovskaya graduated from the Department of Journalism at Moscow State University. She worked for nearly ten years as a correspondent on LITERATURNAJA GAZETA. She the joined the Institute of Cinema Arts, where she is now Head of the Documentary Film Department. Her books include: ROD STEIGER (1976), WHO IS WHO IN THE SOVIET CINEMA (1979), NOTES TO THE PAST. Her filmography includes COME TO TREPHRUDNY LANE (1992), THE MATCHMAKER (1993), CINEMA ADDRESS: KRASNOGORSK (1996), THE WATCH (2001), and ILYA ILF-DOUBLE EXPOSURE (2003).

Friday, March 28
9pm
Gallery Theatre
Screening with THE TRAMP AND THE DICTATOR

FILMS ABOUT FILMMAKERS