Karen SHAKHNAZAROV
Карен ШАХНАЗАРОВ
Karen CHAKHNAZAROV
Russia, 2012, 104mn 
Colour, fiction
Belyy tigr
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Белый тигр

 

 White Tiger

 Le Tigre blanc

 
Directed by : Karen SHAKHNAZAROV (Карен ШАХНАЗАРОВ)
Writing credits : Aleksandr BORODIANSKY (Александр БОРОДЯНСКИЙ), Ilya BOYASHOV (Илья БОЯШОВ), Karen SHAKHNAZAROV (Карен ШАХНАЗАРОВ)
 
Cast
Aleksey VERTKOV (Алексей ВЕРТКОВ) ...Ivan Naydenov
Vitali KISHCHENKO (Виталий КИЩЕНКО) ...Fedotov
Valery GRISHKO (Валерий ГРИШКО) ...marshal Zhukov
Vladimir ILIN (Владимир ИЛЬИН) ...director of the hospital
Aleksandr VAKHOV (Александр ВАХОВ)
 
Cinematography : Aleksandr_4 KUZNETSOV (Александр_4 КУЗНЕЦОВ)
Production design : Sergey FEVRALYOV (Сергей ФЕВРАЛЕВ), Irina OCHINA (Ирина ОЧИНА)
Music : Yuri POTEYENKO (Юрий ПОТЕЕНКО), Konstantin SHEVELEV (Константин ШЕВЕЛЕВ)
Produced by : Karen SHAKHNAZAROV (Карен ШАХНАЗАРОВ)
Companies : Mosfilm
Film revenue in Russia : 3.428 million dollars
 
Sites : Page Allociné, page IMDb
VOD or DVD release in France : 2013-05-13, Site

Awards :
Best feature film Golden Eagle awards, Moscow (Russia), 2013
Best music Yuri POTEYENKO , Konstantin SHEVELEV , Golden Eagle awards, Moscow (Russia), 2013
First prize Days of the russian cinema in Tunisia, Tunis / Sousse / Hammamet (Tunisia), 2013
Best Screenplay Days of the russian cinema in Tunisia, Tunis / Sousse / Hammamet (Tunisia), 2013

DVD with subtitles
Editor : Seven 7. 2013. Titre : White Tiger.
En français et en russe. Le coffret contient un second DVD : "Les forces de frappe terrestres"

Plot synopsis
World War Two is drawing to a close. Furious and prolonged fighting is exhausting both the Soviet and the fascist troops. The more decisive the advance of the Soviet army, the more often White Tiger, a huge, indestructible fascist tank, appears in the battlefield. It relentlessly emerges from the smoke of combat, ruthlessly destroys the adversary and swiftly vanishes. No one can either verify or refute its existence. However, the Soviet military command decides to build an extraordinary tank – a special version of the T-34. The crew of this tank is headed by a man with a remarkable past, a tank crewman who was almost burnt alive in combat and doomed to death. Contrary to all expectations, he survives, recovers and returns to the ranks. He does not know his own name, he does not remember anything from his past, but he has acquired the unusual ability to understand the language of tanks. He is sure that the elusive fascist tank exists and must be destroyed, because White Tiger is the embodiment of war, its terror and its blood. The pursuit of the mystic monster begins. Who will win in this duel?
 

commentaries
Les dix films soviétiques et russes les plus spectaculaires dédiés aux chars d'assaut, Igor ROZIN, RUSSIA BEYOND, 2021
White Tiger – Le tigre blanc (2012) [un film de Karen Chakhnazarov], Julien MORVAN, Perestroikino, 2020
Karen Chakhnazarov – Le Tigre blanc (2012), Russkaya Fantastika, 2019
White Tiger. A unique and enthralling metaphysical view on war., sbs.com.au, 2012
Потусторонние боевые действия Белый тигр Карена Шахназарова, Andrey PLAKHOV, kommersant.ru, 2012
Karen Shakhnazarov: White Tiger (Belyi tigr, 2012), Stephen NORRIS, kinokultura.com, 2012
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- War in contemporary Russian cinema, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- Carthage Film Festival, Carthage (Tunisia), 2016
- Les 90 ans des Studios Mosfilm à la Filmothèque du Quartier Latin, Paris (France), 2014
- Soirées du cinéma russe de Bordeaux, Bordeaux (France), 2014
- Days of Russian cinema in Limoges, Limoges (France), 2014
- Festival des Films de Russie et d'Ailleurs, Geneva - Lausanne (Switzerland), 2014
- Beijing's First Ever International Film Festival, Beijing (China), 2013
- Strasbourg two weeks of Russian cinema, Strasbourg (France), 2013
- VOD or DVD release in France of the film:, Different cities (France), 2013
- Festival of Central and Eastern Film , Wiesbaden (Germany), 2013
- The Dublin International Film Festival, Dublin (Ireland), 2013
- Tromso International Film Festival : TIFF, Tromso (Norway), 2013
- Oporto International Film Festival, Porto (Portugal), 2013
- "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2013
- Golden Eagle awards, Moscow (Russia), 2013
- Russian film festival in Sweden 'KinoRiurik', Stockholm (Sweden), 2013
- Days of the russian cinema in Tunisia, Tunis / Sousse / Hammamet (Tunisia), 2013
- Palm Springs International Film Festival, Palm Springs (USA), 2013
- Clevelant International Film Festival, Cleveland (USA), 2013
- Russian Resurrection Film Festival, Different cities (Australia), 2012
- World Film Festival, Montreal (Canada), 2012
- Shangai International Film Festival, Shangai (China), 2012
- Cairo International Film Festival, Cairo (Egypt), 2012
- Cinéma russe avec Cannes-Cinéma au Miramar, Cannes (France), 2012
- Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Honfleur (France), 2012
- Sputnik nad Polska, Warsaw (Poland), 2012
- Festival "Vivat Kino Rossii", St Petersburg (Russia), 2012
- Film Festival of CIS countries, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia "Kinoshock", Anapa (Russia), 2012
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2012

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