Victory Day
Germany2018documentary94'
In the Treptower Park in Berlin, there is a monument dedicated to Soviet soldiers. Each year, on the 9th of May, people gather here to celebrate the Victory Day. Who are they? What makes them bring Soviet flags and Stalin’s portraits? The camera captures this peculiar festival from a distance. The director does not delve into ideology, use interviews or other means of a typical feature story. The film registers the peculiar folklore of World War II marches, historical uniforms and contemporary staffage.
- directed by
- Sergei Loznitsa
He was born in 1964. He grew up in Kiev (Ukraine),and in 1987 graduated from the Kiev Polytechnic with a degree in Applied Mathematics. In 1997 he graduated from the Russian State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) in Moscow, where he studied feature filmmaking. He has been making films since 1996, and by now he has directed 26 award-winning documentaries and 4 fiction films. Sergei Loznitsa continues to work on both documentary and fiction projects.
- cinematography
- Diego Garcia, Sergei Loznitsa, Jesse Mazuch
- script
- Sergei Loznitsa
- editing
- Danielius Kokanauskis
- production
- Sergei Loznitsa (Imperativ Film)
- Photo
