- year : 2020
- country : Russia
- timing : 80:00'
- genre : documentary
- producer : Maxim Yakubson
written by Maxim Yakubson
produced by Victor Naumov
Dops Georgy Porotov, Alexander Porotov
music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Dmitry Shostakovich, Konstantin Konoplin
sound by Sergey Sinyak
editor Alexander Egber
production designers Alexander Komarov, Konstantin Gaekho
The documentary film tells about the feat of inhabitants of Leningrad, the work of architects and alpinists, the disguise of the city and the preservation of monuments. Thanks to the unique chronicle, drawings and photographs, eyewitness accounts and analysis of historians, fragments and motifs of the play "Hecatomb. The Siege Diary" the film rediscovers the events of the terrible and holy days of the siege of Leningrad.
- National Award in the field of Non-Fiction Films and Television "Laurel Branch", Nominee (2020, Russia, Moscow)
- Russian Film Festival "Window to Europe" (2020, Russia, Vyborg)
- Russian Documentary Film Festival "Salt of the Earth" (2020, Russia, Samara)
- Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival (2020, India, Madurai)
- Radonezh International Festival of Films and TV Programmes, Special jury prize "For the preservation of historical memory" (2020, Russia, Moscow)
- Veterans Film Festival (VFF) (2020, Australia, Canberra)
- Cebu International Film Festival (2020, Philippines, Cebu)
- International Festival of Christian Cinema "Nevsky Blagovest" (2020, Russia, St. Petersburg)
- Folklore Film Festival (IFFF) (2021, India, Kerala)
- Chennai International Documentary and Short Film Festival (2021, India, Chennai)
- Open Russian Patriotic Film Festival “Malaya Zemlya”, Best Documentary (2021, Russia, Novorossiysk)
- Northern Character International Film & TV Festival, Diplomas of the 1st degree in the nomination "Documentary up to 90 minutes" (2021, Russia, Murmansk)
- DokuBaku International Documentary Film Festival (2021, Azerbaijan, Baku)
Director’s statement
This film, based on the study of the architects' work during the siege of Leningrad, gives an opportunity to touch the experience of people trapped in the city undergoing a terrible tragedy, to tell about their creativity, suffering and victory.
ABOUT THE FILM DIRECTOR:
Maxim Yakubson was born on 13.03.1970 in St. Petersburg. In 1994 graduated from The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) as a film director. He made several films devoted to the fate and creativity of poets, musicians and artists in Moscow and Leningrad. He made a movie in Serbia, Buryatia, England and the Caucasus. Member of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia. Winner of numerous national and international awards. Since 2017, he has been working with the "Preserved culture" project.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2020 - "Architecture of the blockade", documentary
2019 - "House of Freedom", documentary
2018 - "Fomadas", documentary
2018 - "Hope of Salvation", documentary
2017 - "The Rashkov's Manor", documentary
2017 - "Informatics Island", documentary
2015 - "Sun Tracks", documentary
2014 - "The Tree To Be Planted Tomorrow," documentary
2014 - "Take care of children", documentary
2012 - "Lemon Seller", documentary
2011 - "One Day of Father Paul", documentary
2010 - "Architects of the City of the Sun", documentary
2009 - "Paralleloshar", documentary
2008 - "Correspondence Rights", documentary
2006 - "Diaper", documentary
1997 – "The Names", documentary
