''First Oscar'' (russian: Первый Оскар) is a 2022 Russian

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film directed by

Sergey Mokritskiy Sergey Evgenievich Mokritskiy (, born February 18, 1961) is a Russian film director and cinematographer of Ukrainian origin. Filmography As director * ''The Four Ages of Love'' (2008) * ''Cherchill'' (2009) * ''Teacher's Day'' (2012) * ''Batt ...

. The film produced by New People Film Company also stars

Tikhon Zhiznevsky Tikhon Igorevich Zhiznevsky (russian: Ти́хон И́горевич Жизне́вский; born August 30, 1988) is a Russian theatre actor. Early life Zhiznevsky was born in Zelenogradsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now R ...

, Anton Momot and Darya Zhovner. The film is dedicated to the history of the creation of the

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documentary film ''

Moscow Strikes Back ''Moscow Strikes Back'' (russian: Разгром немецких войск под Москвой, ''Razgrom Nemetskikh Voysk Pod Moskvoy'', "Rout of the German troops near Moscow") is a Soviet war documentary about the Battle of Moscow made du ...

'' directed by Ilya Kopalin and Leonid Varlamov, filmed in record time, was awarded the first ever Oscar for best feature-length documentary in 1943. This is the first Soviet "Oscar" received by Russian cinematographersmen for capturing the course of hostilities and find themselves in the center of the

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in 1941. ''First Oscar'' was theatrically released in Russia on April 21, 2022, by

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Plot

In 1941 at the beginning of the

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. German troops on the outskirts of Moscow. Twenty-year-old young student cameramen Lev Alperin and Ivan Maisky refuse to leave for evacuation and seek to be sent to the front to be in the center of the grand

battle for Moscow The Battle of Moscow was a military campaign that consisted of two periods of strategically significant fighting on a sector of the Eastern Front during World War II. It took place between September 1941 and January 1942. The Soviet defensive e ...

with cameras. Lev Alperin and Ivan Maisky compete for the title of the best cameraman of the course and for the love of the beautiful Yuna from the acting department. When the evacuation begins, the three of them refuse to leave and go to the front: Yuna will perform in a concert team, and Ivan and Lev become military cameramen. Their rivalry continues here, but the trials and horrors of the war, the courage and exploits of the Soviet soldiers, which they witness, change their views on creativity and life. Only thanks to this they manage to shoot shots that will go down in history ... In parallel with this, the viewer will see the peaceful life of Los Angeles, where the 15th Oscar ceremony of the year began with a sensation – the main

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film award received a documentary from the

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. Inspired by real events: filmed in record time, the documentary ''

'', directed by Ilya Kopalin and Leonid Varlamov, won the first ever Oscar for Best Documentary in 1943. This is the first Oscar received by domestic filmmakers.

Cast

as Ivan Maisky * Anton Momot as Lev Alperin * as Yuna Gromova *

Andrey Merzlikin Andrey Ilyich Merzlikin (russian: Андре́й Ильи́ч Мерзли́кин; born 24 March 1973) is a Russian film and theater actor. Early life Andrey Merzlikin was born in Kaliningrad, Moscow Oblast. In the first education – radio e ...

as Ilya Kopalin, a documentary film director * as Leonid Varlamov, a documentary film director * Fyodor Lavrov as Anatoli Golovnya * as studio director * Mikhail Brashinsky as Iosif Alperin, Lev Alperin's father * Natalya Pavlenkova as Lev Alperin's mother * Sergei Puskepalis as Alexander Gromov, Yuna Gromova's father * as Nikolai Vlasik

Other cast

Production

Development

The New People Film Company has begun the Russian stage of filming the First Oscar project, which is dedicated to the memory of front-line operators. The film is made by the creative team of the film ''

Battle for Sevastopol ''Battle for Sevastopol'' (russian: Битва за Севастополь, lit=Battle for Sevastopol; uk, Незламна, lit=Indestructible) is a 2015 biographical war film about Lyudmila Pavlichenko, a young Soviet woman who joined the Red ...

'', the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia invited director

to the

Kremlin The Kremlin ( rus, Московский Кремль, r=Moskovskiy Kreml', p=ˈmɐˈskofskʲɪj krʲemlʲ, t=Moscow Kremlin) is a fortified complex in the center of Moscow founded by the Rurik dynasty. It is the best known of the kremlins (Ru ...

to present the award. During the ceremony, Sergey met producer Yegor Odintsov ( ru), who told him the story of the first Oscar for Soviet cinema. Mokritskiy liked this story, because the topic of war was always close to him.

Casting

The leading roles in the film ''First Oscar'' will be performed by

, Anton Momot, Darya Zhovner, and

. In addition, Hollywood actors were invited to participate in the film, including Oscar nominee Michael Lerner and Austin Basis.

Filming

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began on January 31, 2021, in the town of

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. On February 7, the film crew will move to the town of

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: filming here will take place until April 30, with the organizational assistance of the Tula Region Film Commission under the government. The premiere of the drama is dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the

Release

Theatrical

The premiere screening of the film ''First Oscar'' will take place on April 14 at the Khudozhestvenny cinema in Moscow. The film was theatrically released in the

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on April 21, 2022, by

References

External links

Official website
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