The Children Play Russian (1993)
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.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
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László Szabó as Jack Valenti, the Producer |
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Jean-Luc Godard as Prince Mishkin, the Idiot |
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Bernard Eisenschitz as Harry Blount |
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André S. Labarthe as Alcide Jolivet |
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Aude Amiot as Mademoiselle Amiel / Anna Karenina |
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Irina Apeksimova as Anna Karenina |
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Marie Borowski as |
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Benjamin Kraatz as Prince André |
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Kseniya Kutepova as Maid, One of Chekhov's Sisters |
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Polina Kutepova as Maid, One of Chekhov's Sisters |
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Bénédicte Loyen as |
| Directing | Jean-Luc Godard | Director |
| Writing | Jean-Luc Godard | Writer |
| Production | Ruth Waldburger | Producer |
| Camera | Caroline Champetier | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Jean-Luc Godard | Editor |
| Sound | Stéphane Thiébaut | Sound |
| Production | Alessandro Cecconi | Executive Producer |
| Production | Ira Barmak | Producer |
| Camera | Christophe Pollock | Director of Photography |
| Production | Caroline Champetier | Production Manager |
| Directing | Caroline Champetier | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Thierry Bordes | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Julien Hirsch | Assistant Camera |
