Andrei Konchalovsky
Andrei KONCHALOVSKY (1937, Russia) comes from a family of famous Russian painters and poets, and is the brother of Nikita Michalkov. He has written screenplays for directing colleagues, and directed plays and operas. He studied piano at the Moscow Conversatory for 10 years, before meeting Andrei Tarkovsky and turning to filmmaking. In 1979, he directed the four-part epic Siberiade, which won the Grand Prix at Cannes. In the early 1980s, he moved to the US, where he made several successful features, including Runaway Train (1985). In 1997, he won an Emmy Award for directing the miniseries The Odyssey. That same year, he received an Honorary Prize at Moscow International Film Festival for his contributions to cinema, and he became a laureate of the Russian Order For Merit to the Fatherland. He has received similar decorations in France and Italy. Dear Comrades! (2020) had its premiere in Venice, where it won the Special Jury Prize.
Filmography
Malchik i golub (1961, short), Pervyj uchitel/The First Teacher (1965), Istoriya Asi Klyachinoj/Asya’s Happiness (1966), Dvoryanskoye gnyezdo/A Nest of Gentry (1969), Dyadya Vanya/Uncle Vanya (1970), Romans o vlyublyonnykh/A Lover’s Romance (1974), Sibiriada (1979), Split Cherry Tree (1982), Maria’s Lovers (1984), Runaway Train (1985), Duet for One (1987), Shy People (1988), Homer & Eddie (1989), Tango & Cash (1989), The Inner Circle (1991), Kurochka Ryaba/Assia and the Hen with the Golden Eggs (1994), Lumière et compagnie (1995, doc), The Odyssey (1997, TV series), Dom durakov/House of Fools (2002), The Lion in Winter (2003, TV), Chacun son cinéma (2007, co-dir, segment: Dans le noir), Glyanets/Gloss (2007), The Nutcracker in 3D (2010), Bitva za Ukrainu/Battle for Ukraine (2014, doc, co-dir), Belye nochi pochtalyona Alekseya Tryapitsyna/The Postman’s White Nights (2014), Ray/Paradise (2016), Il peccato/Sin (2019), Dorogie tovarischi!/Dear Comrades! (2020)
More info: Wikipedia, Andrei Konchalovsky
Andrei Konchalovsky at IFFR
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Dear Comrades!
A workers’ strike is violently put down by Soviet troops in this current, urgent historical drama by master director Konchalovsky.
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Asya’s Happiness
A healthy young Russian beauty working on a Soviet collective farm during harvest time becomes pregnant by a handsome rascal. This movie, made with
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House of Fools
What happens to the inhabitants when a mental institution becomes a plaything in the battle between Chechens and Russians. Glowing drama with light
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House of Fools
What happens to the inhabitants when a mental institution becomes a plaything in the battle between Chechens and Russians. Glowing drama with light
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The Seventh Bullet
One of the many Red Westerns directly inspired – even in the title – by the hugely popular American classic The Magnificent Seven (1960