Mikhalkov received the special lion of the venice film festival 2007 for his contribution to the cinematography and nominated for the academy award 2008 in the category best foreign language film for the film 12. Marshall, provides a ringing endorsement of democracy through the agency of a jury trial in a murder case where the defendant is a minority juvenile. Orchestrating his 11 coactors in virtuoso solos, duets, trios and ensembles, mikhalkov assures that each jury member commands the stage with pathos and panache. In the soviet union in 1936, shadow of stalins repressions lie on a famous revolution hero. Sunstroke, another fairy tale from nikita mikhalkov.
At the center of the storm is a broodingly silent foreman. One wonders whether it might have been more interesting with women jurors contributing their anguish to the picture, and since this version is simply titled 12, the possibility of including a woman or two as. Nikita mikhalkov realisateur avec alexandre adabachian. The films action takes place over a hundred years ago, during the rule of alexander iii. Mikhalkov who also plays a restrained but pivotal role in the movie has taken reginald roses 12 12 angry men 12, starring and produced by. When a russian youth is put on trial for the murder of his adoptive father, its up to a room full of jurors divided by racism and prejudice to determine the boys ultimate fate in director nikita mikhalkov s loose remake of reginald roses 12 angry men. The film is a russianlanguage remake of sidney lumets 1957 film 12 angry men, which in turn was based on reginald roses 1955 stage play, twelve angry men, itself based on roses 1954 teleplay of the latters same name. A russian jury, considering more than a court case the. In many respects, nikita mikhalkov s 12 resembles a musical jam based on a familiar riff in fact, if anything, it reminds one of what the allman brothers did with donovans there is a mountain on their mountain jam. Mikhalkov, as the jury foreman, watches alexey petrenko, as a. With nikita mikhalkov, ingeborga dapkunaite, oleg menshikov, nadezhda mikhalkova. When a chechen youth is put on trial for the murder of his stepfather, its up to a room full of jurors divided by racism and prejudice to determine the boys ultimate fate. Russian director nikita mikhalkov also made a 2007 adaptation, 12. With nikita mikhalkov, oleg menshikov, nadezhda mikhalkova, sergey makovetskiy.
Consigned to a makeshift jury room in a school gymnasium, one by one. Its up to a jury divided by racism and prejudice to decide the youths fate, in director nikita mikhalkovs oscarnominated remake of 12 angry men. Nikita mikhalkov is the son of the famous communist poet sergey mikhalkov, who wrote the lyrics of the soviet national anthem and had strong connections to the communist party. Juror 10 vents a torrent of condemnation of slumborn people, claiming they are no. A russian jury, considering more than a court case the new. Anton and erika have been a couple for 12 years already. In many respects, nikita mikhalkovs 12 resembles a musical jam based on a familiar riff in fact, if anything, it reminds one of what the allman brothers did with donovans there is a mountain on their mountain jam. Director nikita mikhalkov s oscarnominated remake of 12 angry men is a brilliant look at fear, trust and the triumph of human.
With this in mind i did not post the info at talk because there is actually a second release which does offer english. The film is a russianlanguage remake of sidney lumets 1957. Nikita mikhalkov 12 watch online a loose remake of 12 angry men, set in a russian school. The accusations of being him a foreign spy are nonsense, and all known that, but a slow process of his lifes downfall is already running. Urga is a 1991 film by russian director nikita mikhalkov. Although grandstanding and somewhat facile, sidney lumets 12 angry men 1957, which owes most to reginald roses clever script and vivid acting by henry fonda and e. The entire cast is brilliant with nikita mikhalkov who also wrote and directed as the war hero and patriarch, and oleg menshikov as the man who sells his soul for survival standouts. Like the fireballs that waft through rooms and over landscapes in this film, there is something magical about it that becomes more evident with each viewing. Sergey makovetskiy, sergey garmash, apti magamaev rating.
Expansively, dramatically, magnificently russian, nikita mikhalkov s loose remake of 12 angry men plays like vintage jazz from a veteran band. Venice, italy sidney lumet turned reginald roses fine play 12 angry men into a splendid movie in 1957 and it has been revisited on stage and television but never better than in russian. Sergei makovetsky sergei garmash aleksei petrenko yuri stoyanov sergei gazarov nikita mikhalkov mikhail yefremov valentin gaft. Through the jurors wild digressive monologues mikhalkov and his co. This has to do with the fact that i want the englishspeaking world to also know and love nikita mikhalkov for 12 the. Jessie ware sige, at du elsker mig mulighed for at e. Mikhalkov is a threetime laureate of the state prize of the russian federation 1993, 1995, 1999 and is a full cavalier of the order for merit to the fatherland. Nikita mikhalkov s 12, inspired by 12 angry men, examines postsoviet russia. Old soul nikita mikhalkov s appropriation of the 12 angry men template is a bloated series of harangues that feels too long even before its full 154 minutes have shuffled by.
The film was an international coproduction between companies based. With sergey makovetskiy, sergey garmash, apti magamaev, nikita mikhalkov. A look at the horrors of the eastern front of world war ii from the points of view of repressed soldier of penal battalion and his young daughter, who stayed behind enemy lines. Nonetheless 12 s so successfully full of itself that it makes its over two and a half hours go by before you know itdespite a lot of wasted time and sloppy excess. It depicts the friendship between a russian truck driver and a mongolian shepherd in inner mongolia. A brilliant look at fear, trust and the triumph of human nature. Nikita mikhalkovs 12, inspired by 12 angry men, examines postsoviet russia. A loose remake of 12 angry men, 12 is set in contemporary moscow where 12 very different men must unanimously decide the fate of a young chechen accused of murdering his stepfather, a russian army officer. From writerdirectoractor nikita mikhalkov, this is russian remake of sidney lumets 1957 classic twelve angry men. This has to do with the fact that i want the englishspeaking world to also know and love nikita mikhalkov for 12. Director nikita mikhalkov evidently chose to remain faithful that much to the american movie on which his is based, twelve angry men.
Having won many awards in film festivals like like cannes, venice, moscow and karlovy vary, russian director nikita mikhalkov s 2014 film sunstroke provides an insight into stalin era focusing on painful experiences of a family nikita mikhalkov s sunstroke 2014, which debuted at the rather quietly held rendezvous film festival in nisantas. One by one, each man takes center stage to confront, connect and confess while the accused awaits a verdict. Nikita mikhalkov s mother, natalya petrovna konchalovskaya, was also a poet and daughter of famous painter pyotr petrovich konchalovsky and his wife olga vasilievna. Mikhalkov who also plays a restrained but pivotal role in the movie has taken reginald roses 12 angry men which started life as a live.
For numerically titled russian movies of the moment, stick with 4 instead of 12. Nikita mikhalkov s 12 2007, the official russian oscar entry has been available for some time now but without english subs. The barber of siberia is a steamengined, selfpropelling sawmill for manufacturing of which the dreamer and adventurist mccracken richard harris tries to get a commission from appropriate russian state authorities. It takes place in contemporary moscow, with the 12 jurors for a murder trial ushered from the courtroom to a middle school gymnasium converted into a room for deliberation because the regular jury room is undergoing renovations. Nikita mikhalkov celebrity profile check out the latest nikita mikhalkov photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. International dvd talk 12 nikita mikhalkov russia per maos request. Sergey makovetskiy, nikita mikhalkov, sergey garmash, valentin gaft, aleksey petrenko, yuriy stoyanov, sergey gazarov, mikhail efremov. On nikita mikhalkov s 12 the movie 12 is undoubtedly an accurate representation of reality in russia and countries of former ussr.
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