Siberiade

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Siberiade

Russian DVD cover
Directed by Andrei Konchalovsky
Written by Andrei Konchalovsky
Valentin Ezhov
Starring Natalya Andrejchenko
Nikita Mikhalkov
Vitaly Solomin
Vladimir Samojlov
Release date(s) 1979
Running time 275 min. (4-part)
Country Soviet Union
Language Russian / German
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Siberiade (Russian: Sibiriada / Сибириада) is a 1979 epic Soviet film in four parts. The leading roles were played by the celebrated Soviet actors Nikita Mikhalkov and Lyudmila Gurchenko. The director was Andrei Konchalovsky, working for the Mosfilm studio.

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[edit] Synopsis

Set in the small village of Yelan, which has lain hidden in the Siberian backwoods since time immemorial, Siberiade revolves around two families, the Solomins and the Ustyuzhanins, who live in Yelan and have been feuding for as long as anyone can remember. The Solomins tended to be quite wealthy and the Ustyuzhanins poor, so that when the Russian Revolution comes along, the Solomins refuse to acknowledge it (Siberia was the White Army's centre of operations). Nikolai Ustyuzhanin is a lone warrior against them. However, it will take a new generation of the two families to resolve this conflict, and set all right.

Toward the end of the film, set in the 1970s, Yelan is no longer a remote village, because the area has been found to be full of oil, and this brings in new people and expansion, causing new problems.

[edit] Cast

  • Vladimir Samojlov
  • Vitaly Solomin as Nikolai Ustyuzhanin
  • Nikita Mikhalkov as Aleksey Ustyuzhanin
  • Natalya Andrejchenko as Anastasya Solomina
  • Pavel Kadochnikov as Eternal Grandfather
  • Sergei Shakurov as Spiridon Solomin
  • Lyudmila Gurchenko as Taya Solomina
  • Igor Okhlupin as Philip Solomin
  • Yevgeni Perov as Yerotei Solomin
  • Vladimir Simonov as Afanasy Ustyuzhanin
  • Ivan Dmitriyev as Blinov
  • Mikhail Kononov as Rodion Klimentov
  • Ruslan Miqaberidze as Tofik Rustamov
  • Maksim Munzuk as Fedyka
  • Nikolai Skorobogatov as Yermolai
  • Konstantin Grigoryev
  • Yelena Koreneva as teenage Taya Solomina
  • Yevgeni Leonov-Gladyshev as teenage Aleksey Ustyuzhanin
  • Vladimir Levitan
  • Leonid Pleshakov
  • Vadim Vilsky

[edit] Awards

The film won the Special Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival

[edit] In popular culture

Eduard Artemyev's theme from the movie was covered by the Russian trance act PPK and issued under the title ResuRection in August 2002. It reached #3 in the UK Singles Chart.

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Preceded by
The Shout tied with
Bye Bye Monkey		 Grand Prix Spécial du Jury, Cannes
1978		 Succeeded by
Mon oncle d'Amérique