Pavel and Lyalya (A Jerusalem Romance)

1998 0h 34m RU

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10.0

MASTERPIECE

★10.0TMDB · 1

Documentary

Synopsis

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“Like the right and left hand Your soul is close to my soul We are sealed shut, blissfully and warmly, Like the right and left wing…” The life and art of Pavel Kogan and Lyudmila Stanukinas, two famous Leningrad documentary filmmakers, can best be expressed by the Tsvetaeva stanza cited above. They are the main characters of this film, which their student Viktor Kossakovsky shot during Pavel Kogan’s final months. For Lyudmila Stanukinas, Lyalya, as those close to her called her, her husband was her only reason for existence. She was with him until the end and held onto his extinguishing life as much as she could.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Lyudmila Stanukinas
Self
Pavel Kogan
Self
Herz Frank
Self

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Viktor Kossakovsky
Writers: Viktor Kossakovsky
Languages: Russian
Countries: Russia

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RUNTIME

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Tight 34-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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28 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 6

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 6

CAST

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Lyudmila Stanukinas and Pavel Kogan and Herz Frank carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0177970 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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6 / 6

WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Viktor Kossakovsky directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Russia. Dialogue in Russian.

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1Tight 34-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
228 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Lyudmila Stanukinas and Pavel Kogan and Herz Frank carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt0177970 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.