State Funeral
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State Funeral
Moscow, March 1953: in the days immediately following the death of Joseph Stalin, countless citizens flooded the Red Square to mourn their leader’s loss and witness his burial. Though the parade of pomp and circumstance was captured in detail by hundreds of cameramen, their footage has remained largely unseen. Working from several hours of this revelatory archival material, now stunningly restored, master filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa (The Event, The Trial) has crafted one of his most astonishing nonfiction achievements. An immersive recreation of a key moment in Soviet history, State Funeral presents an all-too-timely commentary on the terrifying absurdities inherent to totalitarianism and the cult of personality.
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Runtime
135
Language
English
Director
Sergei Loznitsa
Producer
Sergei Loznitsa,
Maria Choustova
Writer(s)
Sergei Loznitsa
FEATURED REVIEW
Jonathan Romney, Screen International
Following the extensive and highly theatrical mourning that occupied the entire USSR over five days – from the announcement of Stalin’s death to his state funeral in Red Square – Loznitsa’s essay raises questions about the nature and ideological mechanisms of totalitarian myth-making, and the nature ...
Played at
Royal 5.07.21 - 5.20.21
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