Dear Jelena Sergejewna (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Dear Jelena Sergejewna |
| Original title | Дорогая Елена Сергеевна |
| Country of production | Soviet Union |
| original language | Russian |
| Publishing year | 1988 |
| length | 89 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Eldar Ryazanov |
| script |
Lyudmila Razumovskaya Eldar Ryazanov |
| production | Mosfilm |
| camera | Vadim Alissov |
| cut | V. Belowa |
| occupation | |
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Liebe Jelena Sergejewna is a Soviet feature film directed by Eldar Ryazanov from 1988.
action
The math teacher Jelena Sergejewna receives a surprise visit from her students Lyalja, Volodja, Pascha and Vitja. All four are 10th grade students and on that day they wrote a math assignment with Jelena, which will determine their final grade. The students come to congratulate Jelena on her birthday. Jelena didn't want to do that because her mother, with whom she lives, is in the hospital. She is all the happier when she sees the students. In addition to a bouquet of roses, they also brought her valuable champagne glasses that Jelena refuses to accept. She invites the students to have a coffee and despite her protest, there is champagne, which Vitja especially likes. His father is an alcoholic.
While drinking coffee it becomes clear why the students actually came. For Vitja and Pascha, the grade on the math work is decisive for their later career path. Pascha needs a grade of 1 in order to be admitted to the course and Vitja a grade of 3 in order not to get stuck. Both have newly written maths papers with them, which they want to exchange for the ones actually written. The real math work is in the school safe and Jelena has the key to it. When Jelena refuses to hand over the key, Volodja locks the door and takes the key. Jelena wants to call the police, but Vitja cuts the phone cable. Despite multiple requests from Jelena, the students do not go, but prepare for a long night in which they want to coax the key from Jelena. When she does not comply with her request, the students first search Jelena and then ravage all the rooms in search of the key. The living room becomes a dance floor until the loud music makes a neighbor knock angrily on the door and threaten the police.
Psychological terror has brought Jelena to the brink of madness. She is tired and drained and can barely stand on her feet, but promises the students that they would rather lose their lives than give in to their will. She can no longer recognize the students who see themselves as the saviors of the nation as spoiled for nothing. She only feels sorry for Vitja, who is actually kind-hearted but alcoholic. Lyalia wanted to stop the action at the beginning and now wants to leave. Pasha is also tired of waiting, while Vitja gets drunk with medicine from Jelena's medicine cabinet. However, the leader Volodja cannot cancel the action without losing his reputation. He recognizes Jelena's unstable condition and takes advantage of it. He locks Pasha on the floor of the house and tries before Jelena's eyes to rape the horrified Lyalja. The drunk Vitja can't stop him and so Jelena gives in: The safe key was in Volodja's trouser pocket the whole time, because it was hanging on the front door key. Jelena walks slowly into the bathroom and closes the door. Vitja threatens disillusioned Volodja, who leaves the safe key for the others. Vitja frees Pasha from the attic, who is leaving the apartment, and brings Lyalja, whose top is torn, her coat. He wants to wait for her in front of the house. Lyalya sees the key still lying where Volodya left it. She knocks on the locked bathroom door and shouts that no one has taken the key. Although the light is on in the bathroom, no sound can be heard from inside and Jelena does not open it. Lyalia breaks down crying in front of the door.
production
Dear Jelena Sergejewna is based on the play of the same name by Lyudmila Razumovskaya , which premiered in 1981 and was banned several times in the 1980s.
The film had its premiere on April 12, 1988 in the Soviet Union and was also released in GDR cinemas on November 3, 1989. On February 20, 1991 the film was first broadcast on German television on 3sat . Icestorm released it on DVD in November 2005 as part of the Russian Classics series .
Various pop and metal songs can be heard in the film:
- Arija - Тореро (torero)
- Wladimir Kuzmin - Только ты и я (Just you and me)
- Rodnik - Счастливый день (Nice day)
In addition, a waltz by Andrei Petrow is played, to which Jelena and the students dance at the beginning of the film.
synchronization
The dialogue of the DEFA dubbing was written by Wolfgang Woizick , the direction was taken by Michael Englberger .
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Elena Sergeyevna | Marina Nejolova | Karin Gregorek |
| Lyalya | Natalia Shchukina | Manon Straché |
| Vitja | Fyodor Dunayevsky | Andrej Hoffmann |
| Pasha | Dmitri Maryanov | André Hennicke |
| Volodya | Andrei Tikhomirnov | Gerald Schaale |
criticism
The film-dienst stated: "In the form of a chamber play, the nature of a society shaped by egoism and fears is reflected."
Cinema called the film a “parable on a USSR between dictatorship and unbridled egoism. Conclusion: Subtle, agonizing chamber play ”.
Web links
- Love Jelena Sergejewna in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dear Jelena Sergejewna. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ See cinema.de