Arkadi YAKHNIS
Аркадий ЯХНИС
Arkadi YAKHNIS
Russia / Germany, 2001, 90mn 
fiction
Shoes from America
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Ботинки из Америки

 

 Les Chaussures d'Amérique

 Botinki iz Ameriki

 
Directed by : Arkadi YAKHNIS (Аркадий ЯХНИС)
Writing credits : Gennadi OSTROVSKY (Геннадий ОСТРОВСКИЙ), Arkadi YAKHNIS (Аркадий ЯХНИС)
 
Cast
Ramaz CHKHIKVADZE (Рамаз ЧХИКВАДЗЕ) ...Izaac Berg
Viktoria MALEKTOROVICH (Виктория МАЛЕКТОРОВИЧ) ...Elena
Taras DENISENKO (Тарас ДЕНИСЕНКО)
Nina SHAROLAPOVKA (Нина ШАРОЛАПОВА)
 
Cinematography : Sergey YURIZDITSKY (Сергей ЮРИЗДИЦКИЙ)
Production design : Aleksey LEVCHENKO (Алексей ЛЕВЧЕНКО)
Music : Iraida YUSUPOVA (Ираида ЮСУПОВА)
Produced by : Aleksandr ATANESIAN (Александр АТАНЕСЯН)
Production : FREKO Film&TV, Медиа-парк (Media Park), Hope&Glory Film Productions GmbH, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
 
Site : IMDb

Plot synopsis
During the German occupation, Isaac Berg lost all his relatives, and he miraculously survived. One day a gypsy appears in his house. They start a new life together, but one idea haunts the old man. Having experienced so much grief, he believes that one day the Messiah will come and revive his loved ones, who were shot by the Nazis.
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2002