Sibiriade
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Sibiriade |
| Original title | Сибириада |
| Country of production | Soviet Union |
| original language | Russian |
| Publishing year | 1979 |
| length | 199 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Andrei Konchalovsky |
| script | Andrei Konchalovsky Valentin Yezhov |
| production | Mosfilm |
| music | Eduard Artemjew |
| camera |
Levan Paatashvili Boris Trawkin |
| cut | Valentina Kouloguine |
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Sibiriade ( Russian Сибириада ) is a monumental Soviet epic about the history of the Soviet Union from 1979. It is visually stunning and is characterized by the particularly atmospheric music of the Soviet composer Eduard Artemjew .
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It tells the story of two families, the rich Solomins and the poor Ustyuschanins, in the small Siberian village of Jelan, where the changing times are shown. The first part "Pierogi and bitter wine" begins in the Tsarist times and lasts until the Second World War . The second part "Free the way" is up to the present day. The historical framework is created through documentary overlays of Soviet history.
The main storyline is the struggle for oil production , which is prevented by the “devil's mane” feared by the inhabitants. The "devil's mane" is a huge impenetrable swamp whose gases cause confusion and hallucinations . Only with the most modern technology can the "devil's mane" be defeated.
The core message of the film is that technology is necessary for humanity and that its development requires many sacrifices. At the same time, however, the film already addresses the consideration of nature and people's cultural traditions.
Others
The theatrical version is 275 minutes long, the German TV version is 199 minutes long. For this, individual scenes were deleted and the documentary overlays shortened.
At the Cannes International Film Festival , he received the jury's great special prize.
The soundtrack was released in 1979 as a record in France on “ Le Chant du Monde ”.
With a techno version of the leitmotif, the Russian trance project PPK achieved 3rd place in the UK Top 40 .
Symbols for technology include a. a tracked vehicle GT-T , a tractor Stalinez-65 and a helicopter Mi-4 .
The film makes several references to the Italian scholar Tommaso Campanella and his book Der Sonnenstaat from 1623.
Web links
- Film description on the director's website
- Siberiade in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Sibiriade in the online film database
- Recording of the leitmotif Поход of the Tomsk Symphony Orchestra on February 11, 2011 on YouTube
- PPK - Resurrection, techno version of the leitmotif on YouTube