Viktor LISAKOVICH
Виктор ЛИСАКОВИЧ
Viktor LISSAKOVITCH
Russia, 2013, 60mn 
documentary
Vysokayaya stavka
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Высокая ставка

 

 The General Headquarters

 Le Haut commandement

 
Directed by : Viktor LISAKOVICH (Виктор ЛИСАКОВИЧ)
Writing credits : Viktor LISAKOVICH (Виктор ЛИСАКОВИЧ), Viktor LISTOV (Виктор ЛИСТОВ)
Music : Pyotr KUTIN (Пётр КУТЬИН)
Produced by : Aleksandr SURIKOV (Александр СУРИКОВ)
Companies : Совинфильм Sovinfilm
 

Plot synopsis
This film is a story about the Main Headquarter of the Russian Army during the First World War. The Main Headquarter was the center of Russian supervision of all fronts of the Great War. The documentary is based on the unique chronicles of this period of time: the original shots of the Headquarter, war scenes from the Russian-German frontline, the Romanov family, Emperor of Russia Nicholas II, and the Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich.
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- War in contemporary Russian cinema, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- Annual Independent Russian-American Documentary Film Festival in New York​ (Tribeca), New York (USA), 2014