Phonograph (2016)
Yuli Ivanovich Blok is a music lover and enthusiast of early sound recording, who in 1889 was the first to bring Edison's phonograph to Russia, came up with the idea to record the great pianist Anton Rubinstein's playing on a phonograph. But the pianist flatly refused to sign up. Then those present, among whom was Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, just started messing around with the device, recording everything that comes to mind. The film is based on a famous case that occurred in January 1890.
Director:
Kirill Serebrennikov
Writer:
Kirill Serebrennikov
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German Lavrovskiy as |
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Vadim Zhuravlyov as |
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Larisa Morozova as |
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Olga Dobrina as |
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Evgeny Kamenkovich as |
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Evgeny Mironov as |
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Kseniya Rappoport as |
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Sergey Galanin as |
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Yana Sekste as |
| Production | Tatyana Davtyan | Producer |
| Writing | Kirill Serebrennikov | Screenplay |
| Production | Marina Zhigalova-Ozkan | Producer |
| Directing | Kirill Serebrennikov | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dmitry Andreev | Costume Design |
| Camera | Vladislav Opelyants | Director of Photography |
| Art | Vladimir Nikiforov | Production Design |
| Editing | Yuri Karikh | Editor |