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26 June - 11 September 2004
To accompany its 'Russian landscape in the age of Tolstoy' exhibition the National Gallery is hosting the Mother Russia Film Season generously supported by Academia Rossica.1 The programme of twelve Russian films will be screened for FREE in the National Gallery at 2.30pm* every Saturday in the Sainsbury Wing Theatre. Tickets are FREE and available by post from the Gallery or in person on the day. Please arrive half an hour in advance for tickets.
'Earth' (1930), Aleksandr Dovzhenko, 90 minutes (silent), Saturday 26 June
Dovzhenko's 'film poem' style looks at the experiences of Ukrainian peasants living on collective farms.
'The Mirror' (1975), Andrei Tarkovsky, 108 minutes, Saturday 3 July *please note 4pm start time
A mixture of flashback, historical footage and original poetry illustrate the reminiscences of a dying man about his childhood during the Second World War, adolescence, and a painful divorce in his family.
'Anna Karenina' (1935), Clarence Brown, 95 minutes, Saturday 10 July
This stunning version of the Tolstoy classic stars Greta Garbo as Anna Karenina.
'The Cranes are Flying' (1957), Mikheil Kalatozishvili, 91 minutes, Saturday 17 July
Veronica and Boris are blissfully in love until the outbreak of the Second World War tears them apart. This is a superbly crafted drama bolstered by stunning cinematography and impassioned performances.
'Doctor Zhivago' (1965), David Lean, 192 minutes, Saturday 24 July
A Russian epic, this film traces the life of surgeon-poet Yury Zhivago before and during the Russian Revolution, as he struggles to retain his individualism as a humanist amid the spirit of collectivism.
'The Red and the White' (1967), Miklós Jancsó, 90 minutes, Saturday 31 July
Jancsó's simultaneously beautiful and brutal look at the civil war following the Bolshevik coup of 1918.
'Dersu Uzala' (1975), Akira Kurosawa, 137 minutes, Saturday 7 August
Kurosawa's film, based on the journals of a Russian army explorer, describes the author's encounter with a hunter named Dersu Uzala in the Siberian wilderness.
'Stalker' (1979), Andrei Tarkovsky, 163 minutes, Saturday 14 August
A bleak Russian spin on 'The Wizard of Oz', telling the story of an illicit journey undertaken by the stalker of the title who leads a writer and a scientist into an alien place called The Zone.
'Nostalghia' (1983), Andrei Tarkovsky, 125 minutes, Saturday 21 August
A presentation of two disparate worlds - the spare, monochromatic landscape of Russia and the lush, idyllic meadows of rural Italy.
'Solyaris' (1972), Andrei Tarkovsky, 165 minutes, Saturday 28 August
A cosmonaut is sent to investigate disappearances on a space station orbiting the planet Solyaris, only to be confronted by his past in the guise of his dead wife.
'Russian Ark' (2002), Aleksandr Sokurov, 96 minutes, Saturday 4 September
Told in one fluid shot, this is a journey through the majestic spaces of The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg.
'The Return' (2003), Andrei Zvyagintsev, 105 minutes, Saturday 11 September
The winner of the Golden Lion award at last year's Venice Film Festival this is the haunting story of a father who returns after a 12-year absence to take his two teenage sons on a journey to a remote island in northern Russia.
For public enquiries please telephone 020 7747 2885
Advance ticket booking: visit www.nationalgallery.org.uk (booking fee)
For press information please contact the press office on 020 7747 2865
1 ACADEMIA ROSSICA is a UK Registered Charity (No 1091022), created in 2000 to enhance and deepen understanding of Russia's unique cultural identity and to enrich Britain's artistic diversity through developing stronger cultural links with Russia. Academia Rossica organises cultural events and publishes the only review of Russian heritage and culture in English, ROSSICA. For further information please contact Academia Rossica (Tel: 020 7937 5001/ 020 8340 9591)
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