Andrey ZAYTSEV
Андрей ЗАЙЦЕВ
Andreï ZAITSEV
Russia, 2010, 42 mn 
documentary
Viktor Astafyev. Merry Soldier
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Виктор Астафьев. Веселый солдат

 

 Viktor Astafiev. Le joyeux soldat

 Viktor Astafyev. Veselyy soldat

 
Directed by : Andrey ZAYTSEV (Андрей ЗАЙЦЕВ)
Writing credits : Andrey ZAYTSEV (Андрей ЗАЙЦЕВ)
 
Cast
Richard BONDAREV (Ричард БОНДАРЕВ)
Aleksey FILIMONOV (Алексей ФИЛИМОНОВ)
Aleksey PETRENKO (Алексей ПЕТРЕНКО) ...reads text
 
Cinematography : Yuri ERMOLIN (Юрий ЕРМОЛИН), Ivan FINOGEEV (Иван ФИНОГЕЕВ), Dmitry RAKOV (Дмитрий РАКОВ)
Produced by : Andrey ZAYTSEV (Андрей ЗАЙЦЕВ)
Production : Studio Sentyabr
Sales : Victoria pushkareva@gmail.com; s09@list.ru
 

Awards :
Best documentary Golden Eagle awards, Moscow (Russia), 2011
Diploma Annual Independent Russian-American Documentary Film Festival in New York​ (Tribeca), New York (USA), 2011
Audience Award International Documentary Film Festival "Flahertiana", Perm (Russia), 2010
Best Long Television Documentary National Documentary Awards : Laurel, Moscow (Russia), 2010
Special Prize International Human Rights Film Festival, Moscow (Russia), 2010

Plot synopsis
A movie about the Great Patriotic War seen though the eyes of the well-known Russian writer Victor Astafiev. The rare interview was recorded two years prior to the writer's death. Those bitter memories reveal the horrible truth of the war seen through the eyes of a common soldier and lived with his heart.
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- War in contemporary Russian cinema, (kinoglaz.fr), 2025
- Golden Eagle awards, Moscow (Russia), 2011
- Festival ''Cinema and literature'', Gatchina (Russia), 2011
- International Art Documentary Film Festival "Artdocfest", Moscow (Russia), 2011
- Annual Independent Russian-American Documentary Film Festival in New York​ (Tribeca), New York (USA), 2011
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2010
- Message to Man : International Short, Documentary and Animated Film Festival, St Petersburg (Russia), 2010
- International Art Documentary Film Festival "Artdocfest", Moscow (Russia), 2010
- International Documentary Film Festival "Flahertiana", Perm (Russia), 2010
- Open Festival of the Documentaries “Russia”, Yekaterinburg (Russia), 2010
- National Documentary Awards : Laurel, Moscow (Russia), 2010
- International Human Rights Film Festival, Moscow (Russia), 2010