Documentary · Soviet Union · 1989 · 35m

Soviet Elegy

Советская элегия

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Director
Aleksandr Sokurov
Cast
Boris Yeltsin as Self Aleksandr Sokurov as Narrator (voice)
Crew
Aleksandr Burov — Director of Photography Aleksandr Sokurov — Writer
Synopsis

In "The Soviet Elegy" the long train of photos of the Soviet leaders, dead or alive, stops at the portrait of Yeltsin. At the time of shooting Yeltsin had fallen down from the assembly of the Communist Party deities, and participated in the earthly life through connections of different kinds.

Key Collaborators
Aleksandr Sokurov Director Aleksandr Burov Director of Photography Aleksandr Sokurov Writer
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