Stanislav Dorochenkov
Afterword to the Pamphlet of 1942
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Original format 16mm
Year 2012
Language(s) Russian
Artist(s) Stanislav Dorochenkov
Sous-titres French, English, German
Running time 30 min
Films
AFTERWORD TO THE PAMPHLET OF 1942 (2012) 30'
Description
A UNESCO World Heritage site, Saint Petersburg, which survived 900 days of Nazi siege during World War II, is once again under threat: in recent years, the new capitalists have demolished more than two hundred historic buildings in the city.
Retracing Dimitry Likhachev's eponymous article, the film draws parallels between the siege of Leningrad and the defense of medieval Russian cities, as described in the chronicles. Returning to the present, it compares the destroyers of history to foreign invaders.