Pavel and Lyalya (A Jerusalem Romance) (1998)
“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.
Director:
Viktor Kossakovsky
Writer:
Viktor Kossakovsky
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Lyudmila Stanukinas as Self |
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Pavel Kogan as Self |
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Herz Frank as Self |
| Writing | Viktor Kossakovsky | Screenplay |
| Directing | Viktor Kossakovsky | Director |
| Crew | Viktor Kossakovsky | Cinematography |
