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2001 film
Taurus
Film poster
Directed by
Alexander Sokurov Written by
Yuri Arabov Produced by Vladimir Persov Starring Leonid Mozgovoy Cinematography Alexander Sokurov Edited by Leda Semyonova Music by
Andrey Sigle
Sergei Rachmaninov Production companies
Release date
Running time
104 minutes Country Russia Language Russian
Taurus (
Russian : Телец ,
romanized : Telets ) is a 2001 Russian biographical
drama film directed by
Alexander Sokurov , portraying
Vladimir Lenin . It is the second film in a trilogy by director Aleksandr Sokurov that began with
Moloch about
Nazi Germany 's
Adolf Hitler and continued with
The Sun about Japanese emperor
Hirohito .
[1] It was entered into the
2001 Cannes Film Festival .
[2]
Plot
In the face of illness, the historical personality turns out to be simply a man powerless to change anything in the fate of a country that is not yet under his control, the fate of his doomed awkward family, or the fate of his decaying personality.
Cast
Awards
Other awards and nominations include:
[4]
Grand Prix and Award for Leonid Mozgovoy and Mariya Kuznetsova, "Window to Europe" Festival of Russian Cinema at
Vyborg , Russia, 2001
Russian State Prize to Aleksandr Sokurov and Y. Arabov, Russia, 2001
Gold Griffon Award,
Festival of Festivals, St. Petersburg , Russia, 2001
Best Director, Aleksandr Sokurov, and Press Award for the film, at Vivat, Russian Cinema FF, St. Petersburg, 2001
Best Male Lead, Leonid Mozgovoy,
Listapad IFF,
Minsk , Belarus, 2001
Special Mention, Mariya Kuznetsova,
Sozvezdie (Constellation) IFF ,
Arkhangelsk , Russia, 2001
Special Prize, Festival of Russian Film in
Honfleur , France, 2001
Best Fiction Film, Best Director, Best Male Lead, Best Female Lead, Best Script, Best Camera, Best Production Design,
Nika Awards , Russia, 2002
Best Film, Best Director, Best Camera, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Script, Best Production Design, National Award
Golden Ram , Russia, 2002
Best Film, Best Actor, Best Script, Best Production Design, Bronze Horseman, the Professional Awards of the
Lenfilm Studio , Russia, 2001
References
External links
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Sonata for Viola. Dmitri Shostakovitch
Elegy
And Nothing More
Evening Sacrifice
Patience of Labour
Maria
Moscow Elegy
Sonata for Hitler
Petersburg Elegy
Soviet Elegy
To The Events In Transcaucasia
A Simple Elegy
A Retrospection of Leningrad
An Example of Intonation
Elegy from Russia
Soldier's Dream
Spiritual Voices
Oriental Elegy
Hubert Robert. A Fortunate Life
A Humble Life
The St. Petersburg Diary: Inauguration of a monument to Dostoevsky
The St. Petersburg Diary: Kosintsev's Flat
Confession
The Dialogues with Solzhenitsyn
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Elegy of a Voyage
The St. Petersburg Diary: Mozart. Requiem
Elegy of a life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya