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Leningrad. November

After a ten year long stay in West Germany, Max returns to the Soviet Union to visit his deadly ill father in Leningrad. There he finds a friend in a man who calls himself Igor and he begins a love-affair with the deafmute Lena. Around Max' relationship to his father, Igor and Lena, losely held episodes give a many fasetted portrait of Leningrad and its inhabitants. In the eyes of the returning Max, the city is at once well-known and foreign. Lyrically saturated images and sophisticated editing contributes to making the film an expressive description of a changing city.

Top Cast

  • Gregory Hlady

    Gregory Hlady

    Max

  • Igor Kechaev

    Igor Kechaev

    Igor

  • Elena Velichko

    Elena Velichko

    Lena

  • Natalya Kolyakanova

    Natalya Kolyakanova

    Natasha

  • Cristin König

    Cristin König

    Erika

  • Nikita Mikhajlovsky

    Nikita Mikhajlovsky

    Nikita

  • Gennadi Mitrofanov

    Gennadi Mitrofanov

  • Georgiy Teykh

    Georgiy Teykh

    Max's Dad

  • Boris Yukhananov

    Boris Yukhananov

    Igor's Friend

Overview

After a ten year long stay in West Germany, Max returns to the Soviet Union to visit his deadly ill father in Leningrad. There he finds a friend in a man who calls himself Igor and he begins a love-affair with the deafmute Lena. Around Max' relationship to his father, Igor and Lena, losely held episodes give a many fasetted portrait of Leningrad and its inhabitants. In the eyes of the returning Max, the city is at once well-known and foreign. Lyrically saturated images and sophisticated editing contributes to making the film an expressive description of a changing city.

Rating

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