ON THE EDGE OF TIME:
MALE DOMAINS IN THE CAUCASUS
Original language title: AM RANDE DER ZEIT: MAENNERWELTEN IM KAUKASUS

Country of production: Germany
Year: 2001
Language: Russian, Georgian, Avarian, Svan
90 mins.

Ten years ago, as the Soviet Union was disintegrating, Stefan Tolz spent eighteen months in the Caucasus mountains. With this film, he returns, making his way to visit virtually inaccessible places. Yet in the remote village of Svaneti, on oil rigs in the Caspian Sea, in Koran schools, and everywhere else, we find remnants of the past Soviet days. Men struggle to assert themselves...

Director: Stefan Tolz
Cinematography: Thomas Riedelsheimer, Dieter Sturmer, Holger Schuppel
Music: Sean Hara, Temur Babluani, Gija Kantcheli
Editing: Cordula Kramer, Thomas Riedelsheimer
Sound: Gregor Kuschel, Hanns-Jorg Kronke, Raphael Crohas, Thomas Schwarz
Producer: Stefan Tolz
Production Company: Applaus Film Media GmbH
Source:
Applaus Film Media GmbH
Viktoriastrasse 34
80803, Munich, Germany
kaukasus@applausfilm.de

Stefan Tolz was born in 1966, in Offenburg, Germany. He studied film in Munich, Tblisi (Republic of Georgia), New York City, and Beijing, China. Since 1993, he has worked in television documentary and other documentary organizations.

Saturday, March 29
7pm
Biograph Theatre
Screening with THE DIVER