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2001 film

Taurus
Film poster
Directed byAlexander Sokurov
Written byYuri Arabov
Produced byVladimir Persov
StarringLeonid Mozgovoy
CinematographyAlexander Sokurov
Edited byLeda Semyonova
Music byAndrey Sigle
Sergei Rachmaninov
Production
companies		Lenfilm
State Committee for Cinematography
Ministry of Culture (Russia)
Release date
  • 16 May 2001 (2001-05-16)
Running time104 minutes
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian

Taurus (Russian: Телец, romanized: Telets) is a 2001 Russian biographical drama film directed by Alexander Sokurov, portraying Vladimir Lenin. It is the second film in a trilogy by director Aleksandr Sokurov that began with Moloch about Nazi Germany's Adolf Hitler and continued with The Sun about Japanese emperor Hirohito. It was entered into the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.

Plot

In the face of illness, the historical personality turns out to be simply a man powerless to change anything in the fate of a country that is not yet under his control, the fate of his doomed awkward family, or the fate of his decaying personality.

Cast

Awards

Other awards and nominations include:

  • Grand Prix and Award for Leonid Mozgovoy and Mariya Kuznetsova, "Window to Europe" Festival of Russian Cinema at Vyborg, Russia, 2001
  • Russian State Prize to Aleksandr Sokurov and Y. Arabov, Russia, 2001
  • Gold Griffon Award, Festival of Festivals, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2001
  • Best Director, Aleksandr Sokurov, and Press Award for the film, at Vivat, Russian Cinema FF, St. Petersburg, 2001
  • Best Male Lead, Leonid Mozgovoy, Listapad IFF, Minsk, Belarus, 2001
  • Special Mention, Mariya Kuznetsova, Sozvezdie (Constellation) IFF, Arkhangelsk, Russia, 2001
  • Special Prize, Festival of Russian Film in Honfleur, France, 2001
  • Best Fiction Film, Best Director, Best Male Lead, Best Female Lead, Best Script, Best Camera, Best Production Design, Nika Awards, Russia, 2002
  • Best Film, Best Director, Best Camera, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Script, Best Production Design, National Award Golden Ram, Russia, 2002
  • Best Film, Best Actor, Best Script, Best Production Design, Bronze Horseman, the Professional Awards of the Lenfilm Studio, Russia, 2001

References

  1. The Sun (Solntse) (2005) Reviewed by Jamie Woolley bbc.co.uk
  2. "Festival de Cannes: Taurus". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 18 October 2009.
  3. "2001". Russian Guild of Film Critics.
  4. "Taurus". Golden Apricot International Film Festival. Retrieved 23 August 2022.

External links

Films directed by Alexander Sokurov
Fiction films
Documentaries
  • Sonata for Viola. Dmitri Shostakovitch
  • Elegy
  • And Nothing More
  • Evening Sacrifice
  • Patience of Labour
  • Maria
  • Moscow Elegy
  • Sonata for Hitler
  • Petersburg Elegy
  • Soviet Elegy
  • To The Events In Transcaucasia
  • A Simple Elegy
  • A Retrospection of Leningrad
  • An Example of Intonation
  • Elegy from Russia
  • Soldier's Dream
  • Spiritual Voices
  • Oriental Elegy
  • Hubert Robert. A Fortunate Life
  • A Humble Life
  • The St. Petersburg Diary: Inauguration of a monument to Dostoevsky
  • The St. Petersburg Diary: Kosintsev's Flat
  • Confession
  • The Dialogues with Solzhenitsyn
  • dolce...
  • Elegy of a Voyage
  • The St. Petersburg Diary: Mozart. Requiem
  • Elegy of a life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya
Nika Award for Best Picture
1988–2000
2001–present


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