Into_nation of Big Odesa (2018)
In the world, there is a city-port Odesa, which was specially created as a refuge for people of different nationalities and religions. Humor is a special language that helps people from Odesa to communicate and get along with each other. Legends are spreading about Odesa's humor and accent. But - a paradox - people are constantly leaving it. It is loved, but it is left as a child leaves his mother. On the example of this city and its inhabitants, we wanted to understand - why people flee from their cities. We tried to find the answer taking pictures of Odesa citizens in Germany, Israel, Ukraine, Russia, Austria, France and other places. Michael Zhvanetskij, Roman Kartsev, Leonid Barats and Rostislav Khait Victor Loshak, Oksana Fandera, Valerij Todotovskij, Mikhail and Anatoly Kontush and many others are telling their stories and giving their opinions on what is the phenomenon of the city by the Black Sea.
Director:
Alexander Brunkovsky
Writers:
Alexander Brunkovsky, Susanna Alperina.
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Mikhail Zhvanetsky as Himself / Narrator |
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Roman Kartsev as Himself / Narrator |
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Mikhail Levitin as Himself / Narrator |
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Valery Todorovsky as Himself / Narrator |
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Marlen Khutsiyev as Himself / Narrator |
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Rostislav Khait as Himself / Narrator |
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Leonid Barats as Himself / Narrator |
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Oksana Fandera as Herself / Narrator |
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Anatoliy Kontush as Himself / Narrator |
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Mikhail Kontush as Himself / Narrator |
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Anna Shafazhinskaya as Herself / Narrator |
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Ekaterina Lanishevskaya as Herself / Narrator |
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Irina Ozarinskaya as Herself / Narrator |
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Dora Shvartsberg as Herself / Narrator |
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Nora Romanova-Shvartsberg as Herself / Narrator |
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Ivan Romanov as Himself / Narrator |
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Oleg Stashkevich as Himself / Narrator |
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Nelli Kharchenko as Herself / Narrator |
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Viktor Loshak as Himself / Narrator |
| Sound | Vladimir Martynov | Music |
| Camera | Irina Uralskaya | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Dmitriy Noskov | Music |
| Directing | Alexander Brunkovsky | Director |
| Writing | Alexander Brunkovsky | Screenplay |
| Writing | Susanna Alperina | Screenplay |
| Production | Susanna Alperina | Producer |