Movie

The Stone Guest

Каменный гость

“Oh, it’s heavy, The stony grip of his right hand!” Alexander Pushkin “The Little Tragedies” * The key figure of the Great October Socialist Revolution of 1917 in Russia was Lenin. After his death in 1924 Lenin’s image was immortalized in countless numbers of monuments in the Soviet Union and in the Soviet bloc’s countries. In her film, the artist refers to depicted in stone image of the Revolution leader based on archival materials and found footage. There is neither living nor dead Lenin in the film; only “the stone guest” become ingrained in Soviet people lives after his death.

Screenplay

Marina Fomenko

Music

Vladimir Tarasov

Director

Marina Fomenko

Status

Released

Release date

08/10/2018

Original language

Russian