Aleksey KARELIN Алексей КАРЕЛИН Alekseï KARELINE   Russia, 2005, 110 mn  Colour, fiction

A Time to Gather Stones ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Время собирать камни    Le Temps de ramasser les pierres  Vremia sobirat kamni

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Plot synopsis

A German explosives specialist, Lt. Rudolf Ohnesorg (David C. Bunners), decides not to flee with his comrades at the end of the war, but rather, to return to the USSR as a minesweeper, in order to atone for his “crimes.” Accompanied by a very suspicious, battle-hardened Red Army captain, Viktor Demin (Vladimir Vdovichenkov), and Nelia (Ol'ga Krasko), a soft-hearted female lieutenant who serves as their interpreter, Ohnesorg succeeds in locating and disassembling mines (thereby saving countless Soviet lives), before he is killed in an explosion. It is June 22, 1945, the fourth anniversary of the invasion.
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Commentaries and bibliography

Aleksei Karelin : A Time to Gather Stones (Vremia sobirat' kamni), 2005, Denise YOUNGBLOOD, kinokultura.com, 2006

 

Film reviewed by Denise Youngblood, Kinokultura

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Selected in the following festivals :

- International debut film festival, Khanty Mansiysk (Russia), 2006

- Cairo International Film Festival, Cairo (Egypt), 2005

- Russian Film Week in Paris : Regards de Russie, Paris (France), 2005

- Russische Filmwoche in Berlin, Berlin (Germany), 2005

- Festival "Vivat Kino Rossii", St Petersburg (Russia), 2005

- Film Festival of CIS countries, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia "Kinoshock", Anapa (Russia), 2005

- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2005

- Russian Film Week in New York, New York (USA), 2005

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