Khrustalyov, My Car! is a 1998

1998 in film

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 Russian

Cinema of Russia

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 drama film

Drama film

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 directed by Aleksei German based on a story by Joseph Brodsky

Joseph Brodsky

Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky , was a Russian poet and essayist.In 1964, 23-year-old Brodsky was arrested and charged with the crime of "social parasitism" He was expelled from the Soviet Union in 1972 and settled in America with the help of W. H. Auden and other supporters...

, screenplay by Svetlana Karmalita. It was produced by Canal+

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, CNC, Goskino

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, Lenfilm

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 and VGTRK.

Plot summary

Surgeon General Klensky (Yuri Tsurilo), is captured and sent to Gulag

Gulag

The Gulag was the government agency that administered the main Soviet forced labor camp systems. While the camps housed a wide range of convicts, from petty criminals to political prisoners, large numbers were convicted by simplified procedures, such as NKVD troikas and other instruments of...

 convicted for the Doctors Plot to kill Joseph Stalin

Joseph Stalin

Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution and had held the position of first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee...

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Cast

• Yuri Tsurilo as Gen. Klensky
• Nina Ruslanova as Wife
• Mikhail Dementyev as Son
• Aleksandr Bashirov as Idiot
• Jüri Järvet Jr. as Finnish reporter
• Sergei Dyachkov

Awards

The film won 1999 Russian Guild of Film Critics Awards

Russian Guild of Film Critics Awards 1999

-Best Actor:*Leonid Mozgovoy as Adolf Hitler in Molokh*Mikhail Ulyanov as Ivan Fyodorovich in Voroshilovskiy strelok-Best Supporting Actor:*Vladimir Ilyin as Captain Mokin in The Barber of Siberia-Best Cinematography:...

 as the Best Film; Aleksei German won Best Director for Khrustalyov, mashinu!

It was nominated for the Palme d'Or

Palme d'Or

The Palme d'Or is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival and is presented to the director of the best feature film of the official competition. It was introduced in 1955 by the organising committee. From 1939 to 1954, the highest prize was the Grand Prix du Festival International du...

 at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival

1998 Cannes Film Festival

The 51st Cannes Film Festival was held on May 13-24, 1998. The Palme d'Or went to the Greek film Mia aioniotita kai mia mera by Theo Angelopoulos.- Jury :*Martin Scorsese *Alain Corneau *Chiara Mastroianni...

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External links

• KHRUSTALYOV, MY CAR! (1998) at Epinions
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