The stone flower
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Цветок на камне |
| Country of production | Soviet Union |
| original language | Russian |
| Publishing year | 1962 |
| length | 71 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Sergei Parajanov |
| script | Vadim Sobko |
| production | Mikhail Rakowsky |
| music | Ihor Schamo |
| camera | Sergei Revenko Lev Shtifanov |
| cut | M. Ponomarenko |
| occupation | |
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The stone flower (original spelling: Цветок на камне, German transcription: Zwetok na kamne) is a Soviet film drama from 1962 directed by Sergei Parajanov .
action
In Donbass is under the direction of the Komsomol a new miner community founded. At the same time, a member of a Pentecostal sect sends his daughter Christina to this region, where she is supposed to recruit new believers.
One of the Komsomol members, Arsen Sagorny, falls in love with Christina, which leads to confrontations between Sagorny and Sabroda, the leader of the local Pentecostal sect. Christina is torn between the love for Sagorny and the loyalty to her sect.
Meanwhile, Grigori Griwa, a young man known as a rowdy and drinker, falls in love with the young Komsomol organizer, Lyuda. She initially turned him away, but under the guidance of Pavel Wartschenko, the wise and patient director of the mine , Grigori learned finer talents such as poetry and making music, which changed Lyuda's opinion of him.
background
The original title of the film was "Так никто не любил" (= No one has ever loved like this ) and was produced under the direction of director Anatolyj Slessarenko . After most of the filming was completed, the leading actress Inna Burdutschenko died on August 15, 1960 while filming a scene in which she ran into a burning hut and was severely burned. Slessarenko was sentenced to five years in prison by the Supreme Court of the Ukrainian Soviet Republic and from then on, the Kiev Dovschenko film studios, directed by Sergei Parajanov, took over the production. Slessarenko's name was not mentioned in the film's credits .
publication
The cinema premiere of the film took place on September 1, 1962 in Kiev . Regular screenings began on January 24, 1963. The film had a total of 5.2 million viewers.
reception
The Stone Flower was Parajanov's film with the lowest ratings up to that point. The film critic Yuri Martynenko criticized the film's “inconclusive” character psychology and the portrayal of the fundamentalist sect. James Steffen, a historian of Soviet cinema at Emory University , described the film's plot as "openly propagandistic" and "anti-religious".
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d James Steffen: The Cinema of Sergei Parajanov . University of Wisconsin Pres, 2013, ISBN 0-299-29653-9 , pp. 42, 50, 51, 54, 256 .
Web links
- The stone flower in the Internet Movie Database (English)