The role / Роль

RUSSIA – BELARUS – GERMANY – FINLAND
2013, 121 MIN.

Director Konstantin Lopushansky
Script Konstantin Lopushansky, Pavel Finn
Camera Dimitry Mass
Design Elena Zhukova
Cast: Maxim Sukhanov, Maria Järvenhelmi, Anastasia Shevelyova, Leonid Mozgovoi
Producer Andrei Sigle
Production Proline Film, Lenfilm Studio, Belarusfilm Studio, BUFO, SIGMA, with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Culture of the Belarus Republic, Eurimages

“The Role” is about a brilliant actor in revolutionary Russia who takes on the greatest role of his life – the role of another man. Influenced by the ideas of symbolism and the Silver Age, he decides to slip into the life of his doppelganger – a revolutionary leader in the new Soviet Russia. First intrigued, then obsessed, he flings himself into the role and lives it to the hilt… even when the play of the life he is writing heads towards a tragic finale. Based on true incidents in the lives of Russia’s symbolists, this gripping film explores how far one man will go for the role of a lifetime.

KONSTANTIN LOPUSHANSKY

Born in 1947 in Dnepropetrovsk. In 1970 graduated from the Kazan Conservatoire (violin), in 1973 completed the postgraduate course at the Leningrad Conservatoire (department of art criticism), in 1978 graduated from the Higher Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors (class of E.Lotyanu). Candidate of Arts. Worked as a film director at Lenfilm Studio. Prizewinner of national and international film festivals. Winner of the Russian State Award, People’s Artist of Russia. Professor at the St. Petersburg State University of Cinema and Theatre. His filmography includes “Dead Man's Letters” (1986), “Visitor of a Museum” (1989), “Russian Symphony” (1994), “The Turn of the Century” (2001), “The Ugly Swans” (2006), etc.

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