Aleksey BALABANOV
Алексей БАЛАБАНОВ
Alekseï BALABANOV
Russia / France, 1994, 110mn 
Colour, fiction
Castle
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Directed by : Aleksey BALABANOV (Алексей БАЛАБАНОВ)
Writing credits : Aleksey BALABANOV (Алексей БАЛАБАНОВ), Sergey SELIANOV (Сергей СЕЛЬЯНОВ)
 
Cast
Bolot BEISHENALIEV (Болот БЕЙШЕНАЛИЕВ) ...Le sage
Anvar LIBABOV (Анвар ЛИБАБОВ) ...Artur, aide de l'arpenteur
Svetlana PISMICHENKO (Светлана ПИСЬМИЧЕНКО) ...Frida
Igor SHIBANOV (Игорь ШИБАНОВ) ...Brounsvik
Nikolay STOTSKY (Николай СТОЦКИЙ) ...L'arpenteur
Viktor SUKHORUKOV (Виктор СУХОРУКОВ) ...Aide de l'arpenteur
 
Cinematography : Sergey YURIZDITSKY (Сергей ЮРИЗДИЦКИЙ), Andrey ZHEGALOV (Андрей ЖЕГАЛОВ)
Production design : Vladimir KARTASHOV (Владимир КАРТАШОВ)
Music : Sergey KURYOKHIN (Сергей КУРЕХИН)
Sound : Kirill KUZMIN (Кирилл КУЗЬМИН)
Produced by : Aleksandr GOLUTVA (Александр ГОЛУТВА), Gennadi PETELIN (Геннадий ПЕТЕЛИН)
Production : Lenfilm, DVAPEIKA”, ROSKOMKINO, “Orient-express” (France)
Release date in Russia : 27/04/1994
 
Sites : IMDb, Chapaev.media

Awards :
Best Set Decoration Vladimir KARTASHOV , "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 1994
Prix du jury des ciné-clubs, Sotchi, 1994
Pix Nika du meilleur décor, 1994
Prix spécial du Jury du Festival Littérature et cinéma, Gatchina, 1994

Plot synopsis
Based on Franz Kafka’s novel of the same title. The hero of the film — the Land Surveyor — has been invited by the Castle to do some work. Coming to the Village he is surprised to find out that no one expects him. He tries to assert his rights but runs into impregnable blank wall of hostile world. Penetration into the Castle becomes the purpose of his life. For the sake of this purpose he betrays the woman he loves, experiences humilations, deceives and loses himself...
The film was awarded the Cinema Club Prize at the KINOTAVR-95 Open Russian Film Festival;the NIKA Prize for the Best Production Designer’s Work went to Vladimir Kartashev (1994); the NIKa Prize for the Best Costume Designer’s Work went to Nadyezhda Vasilyeva (1994).
Source : www.lenfilm.ru
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Independant European Film Festival VOICES, Vologda (Russia), 2014
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2013
- Festival "All our German", Moscow (Russia), 2010
- Festival ''Cinema and literature'', Gatchina (Russia), 2009
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2008
- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 1994
- "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 1994

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