Stanislavski: Lust for Life (2021)
A story about Konstantin Sergeievich Stanislavski, a twentieth-century theatre genius. Owing to his powerful extraordinary talent he managed to stay a true artist and a free spirit within the harsh Soviet system. In the film contemporary theater and film directors (Kirill Serebrennikov, Katie Mitchell, Lev Dodin and others) show how Stanislavski's method affects their everyday work. Each of the directors finds his or her own reflection in the mirror of his genius. In search of an answer to the question whether modern theatre really needs Stanislavski they discover that art lacks its most essential part – the human being.
Director:
Yulia Bobkova
Writers:
Oleg Shishkin, Yulia Bobkova.
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Marina Brusnikina as Self |
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Yuriy Butusov as Self |
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Lev Dodin as Self |
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Declan Donnellan as Self |
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Veniamin Filshtinskiy as Self |
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Oskaras Korsunovas as Self |
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Lev Levermore as Self |
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Renata Litvinova as Self |
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Nikita Mikhalkov as Self |
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Katie Mitchell as Self |
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Kirill Serebrennikov as Self |
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Meryl Streep as Self |
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Konstantin Stanislavski as Self (archive footage) |
| Production | Alexey Telnov | Producer |
| Directing | Yulia Bobkova | Director |
| Writing | Oleg Shishkin | Screenplay |
| Writing | Yulia Bobkova | Screenplay |
| Camera | Sergey Amirdzhanov | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Dmitry Minenkov | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Anton Mineev | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Artem Ignatov | Director of Photography |