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State Funeral (2019 Film)
''State Funeral'' () is a 2019 internationally co-produced documentary film by Ukrainian filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa. It examines the ceremony and aftermath of Joseph Stalin, dictator of the Soviet Union, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from 1929 to his death in 1953. Individuals shown in archive footage * Joseph Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Dzhugashvili; 5 March 1953) was a Soviet politician and revolutionary who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until Death and state funeral of Joseph Stalin, his death in 1953. He held power as General Secret ... * Lavrentiy Beria * Nikita Khrushchev * Georgy Malenkov * Vyacheslav Molotov * Nikolai Bulganin * Dolores Ibárruri * Zhou Enlai, Enlai Zhou * Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal * Valko Chervenkov * Walter Ulbricht Release ''State Funeral'' premiered at the 76th Venice International Film Festival on 6 September 2019, and the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival a week later on the 13t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergei Loznitsa
Sergei Vladimirovich Loznitsa (born 5 September 1964) or Serhii Volodymyrovych Loznytsia, is a Ukrainian director of Belarusian origin known for his documentary as well as dramatic films. Biography Loznitsa was born on 5 September 1964 in the city of Baranavichy, in the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. Later the Loznitsa family moved to Kyiv, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, where he completed high school. Loznitsa graduated from Kyiv Polytechnic Institute as a mathematician in 1987. Between 1987 and 1991 he worked at the Institute of Cybernetics, where he developed expert systems, systems of design-making and artificial intelligence. Loznitsa also worked as a translator from Japanese. In 1991 he enrolled at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, in the fictional-film direction department taught by Nana Jorjadze. He graduated with honors in 1997. After completion of his studies Loznitsa began working as a documentary film director in Saint Petersburg in 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |