The Children Play Russian
1993, French. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard.
A famous French filmmaker is hired by a major Hollywood producer to make a documentary on the state of post-Cold War Russia. The filmmaker, though, subverts the project by stubbornly remaining in France and casting himself as the title character of Dostoyevsky's "The Idiot," offering up a series of typically Godardian musings on art, politics, the nature of images and the future of cinema.
- Runtime
- 0h 58m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
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Cast & crew
- Jean-Luc GodardDirector
- Szabó LászlóJack Valenti, the Producer
- Jean-Luc GodardPrince Mishkin, the Idiot
- Bernard EisenschitzHarry Blount
- André S. LabartheAlcide Jolivet
- Aude AmiotMademoiselle Amiel / Anna Karenina
- Irina ApeksimovaAnna Karenina
- Marie BorowskiCast
- Benjamin KraatzPrince André
- Kseniya KutepovaMaid, One of Chekhov's Sisters
- Polina KutepovaMaid, One of Chekhov's Sisters
- Bénédicte LoyenCast
Details
- Released
- 8 August 1993
- Original title
- Les enfants jouent à la Russie
- Country
- France, Switzerland
- Written by
- Jean-Luc Godard
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The Children Play Russian (1993) was directed by Jean-Luc Godard and stars Szabó László, Jean-Luc Godard, Bernard Eisenschitz.