Yuli LURYE
Юлий ЛУРЬЕ
Youli LOURIE
Russia, 2008, 26mn 
Colour, documentary
Sumrak nochi
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Сумрак ночи

 

 L'Obscurité de la nuit

 Sumrak nochi

 
Directed by : Yuli LURYE (Юлий ЛУРЬЕ)
Writing credits : Natalia GROMOVA (Наталья ГРОМОВА)
Cinematography : Valery RYABIN (Валерий РЯБИН)
Produced by : Aleksandr GERASIMOV (Александр ГЕРАСИМОВ)
Production : Fonds socio-culturel des programmes "Guberniya"(Фонд социально-культурных программ «Губерния»)
 

Plot synopsis
The film evokes a critical moment in the life of Boris Pasternak. Faced with the choice between two great calamities of the 20th century: Hitler and Stalin, he chooses his own path of sacrifice and makes himself identified with Hamlet.
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Stalin in contemporary Russian cinema, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- Festival ''Cinema and literature'', Gatchina (Russia), 2009
- International Human Rights Film Festival, Moscow (Russia), 2008
- "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival (formerly ''A Window to Europe''), Vyborg (Russia), 2008