Neighbors of the Kremlin (Ru OV w eng subs)

Politics/Society, Germany 2023

At the same time as the first five-year plan was launched, Stalin had the Government House built in 1929. Like a luxurious overseas steamer, the building complex was equipped with no less than five hundred apartments. With a canteen, cinema, theater and all kinds of stores, the house on the riverbank was a cosmos in itself. Even the interior furnishings were taken care of; each of the spacious apartments included a desk modeled on Lenin's desk. Built opposite the Kremlin, separated by the Moskva River, which did not lie protectively between them, the deserving revolutionaries and the party and state elite moved in here as instructed. From the perspective of the inhabitants of this center of power, but also of powerlessness, the film creates a vivid picture of the Soviet Union up to today's insignia of power. The memories and comments of the widows and descendants of the first generation of inhabitants of this fortress paint a very personal chronicle of the 20th century based on the history of the house.
111 min
SD
Starting at 16
Audio language:
Russian
Subtitles:
English

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Composer:

Ivan Sokolov

Sound Design:

Luigi Rensinghoff

Producer:

Tobias Büchner

Original title:

Das Haus der Regierung

Original language:

Russian

Format:

4:3 SD, Color

Age rating:

Starting at 16

Audio language:

Russian

Subtitles:

English

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