House with a Turret
A 8-year-old boy is travelling with his mother towards his grandfather, but their journey is stopped when the young woman dies of typhus in an unknown town, just as poor and in ruins as any other on the way. However, the boy is determined to go on. Eva Neymann's film is a visual journey into a country covered in snow and left poor by war. This is a place of beautiful, deserted landscapes and people overcome by both need and greed. The tranquil black-and-white images created by Lithuanian cameraman Rimmvydas Leipus masterfully evoke the atmosphere of the Second World War's penultimate year in the Soviet Union. The picture was based on motifs drawn from the autobiographical story of the same name by writer and screenwriter Friedrich Gorenstein, who also penned the script for Tarkovsky's Solaris.
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Released
- 2012
- Country
- Ukraine
Details
Release year: 2012
Storyline
A 8-year-old boy is travelling with his mother towards his grandfather, but their journey is stopped when the young woman dies of typhus in an unknown town, just as poor and in ruins as any other on the way. However, the boy is determined to go on. Eva Neymann's film is a visual journey into a country covered in snow and left poor by war. This is a place of beautiful, deserted landscapes and people overcome by both need and greed. The tranquil black-and-white images created by Lithuanian cameraman Rimmvydas Leipus masterfully evoke the atmosphere of the Second World War's penultimate year in the Soviet Union. The picture was based on motifs drawn from the autobiographical story of the same name by writer and screenwriter Friedrich Gorenstein, who also penned the script for Tarkovsky's Solaris.
Top credits
- Nikolas Adamidis — Little man
Valeriy Bassel — Janitor
Vitalina Bibliv
Albert Filozov
Did you know
• Dmitryi Kobetskoy, who plays a little orphan, is also one in real life.
• Award: Jury Prize at the Batumi International Film Festival, Georgia.
• French visa # 138.450.
User reviews
The consequences of war
Haunting
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
- Color
- Black and White
