Dmitri Frolov
Biography: Dmitri Frolov was born in Leningrad in 1966. He graduated from The Institute of Film & Television in 1990. He worked at LENFILM Studios and then for the STV film company as a cameraman, in which capacity he has worked with many independent filmmakers. He began to shoot his own films before the start of perestroika, in the early 1980s. One of his first films, The Battle of Borodino, caused a furore and did much to determine the development of the folkloric trend in cinema. He is one of the leaders of russian movievanguard in postperestroika age. He makes esthetic experiments connecting with return to dumb cinema on new level of movielanguage. His films he shoots exclusively on film company "Svema". Even despite the fact that the film material, said the factory was left far in the Soviet past, and the film is not released, he revives the footage, while continuing to be faithful to the brand selected more child. When asked why, he replied that only "Svema" because of its unpredictability and non-uniformity of the emulsion, is the living material, which is able to convey the thrill of the character of life and even the seemingly inanimate object.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: February 27, 1966
Deathday: N/A
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Known For
Dreams of the Past
2022-10-01
Dreams of the Past
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Genres: Drama History War Music
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2022-10-01
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The Way
1988-11-20
The Way
Overview: Three friends meet in a central cheerful pastime. After strolling along the boulevards, they are in nature. The dark side of the forest reveals the subconscious of each. And none of them are unaware of the existence of the world of the forces that awaken in man hidden until the time of the dark side of their personalities. The metaphor of the film is laid bare hidden from direct view the laws of nature to be reckoned with, are unaware of their presence, man.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1988-11-20
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Clownery
1989-09-27
Clownery
Overview: The tragicomedy of the absurd, is based on the works of Daniil Kharms (1905-1942). Trying to recreate reality 30s, who came to the flowering of creativity Harms, the director plays the style of filming, acting at that time and enters into the picture, "the aged" sound. Thus, it is possible to achieve maximum reliability of the author's text and sound to help the viewer to immerse themselves in the atmosphere in which he lived and worked classic absurdity. This is - a world of illusions, allusions and associations, reflecting a stream of consciousness of the creator living in an era of silence.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1989-09-27
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Shatanger Aylok
1993-09-17
Shatanger Aylok
Overview: This film tell us about intricate attitudes in male collectives on navy. The film bore in poetical form with respect for differently minded heroes.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Mystery
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1993-09-17
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Tango a Nightingale
2002-02-17
Tango a Nightingale
Overview: Romantic fantasy based on "two songs" Marina Tsvetaeva riddled melancholy fleeting meetings and partings long -. A favorite theme times late Silver Age, which came at the beginning of the Great War.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2002-02-17
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Dream
1987-12-27
Dream
Overview: The first Surrealist film perestroika years.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1987-12-27
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Winter Will Not Be
2021-09-17
Winter Will Not Be
Overview: "There will be no winters" - a film consisting of 14 short novels, each with its own plot and a musical theme. In fact, this is a screen version of the same album of Russian avant-garde singer Leonid Fedorov.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2021-09-17
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Metamorphosis
1988-11-18
Metamorphosis
Overview: A film-parable about the eternal movement of mankind from the Stone Age to self-destruction.
Genres: Music Mystery
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1988-11-18
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Stairway to Heaven
1996-10-05
Stairway to Heaven
Overview: This Petersburg you will not see on the covers of glossy magazines and advertising brochures. This city is ghosted and brutal, and it is inhabited by very different, often very gloomy people.
Genres: Documentary Thriller
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1996-10-05
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Borodino
2020-08-15
Borodino
Overview: An experimental sitcom, shot in the style of silent films of the early twentieth century. A parody of military-patriotic films. The plot of the film is the battle of the Russian army with Napoleon in 1812.
Genres: Comedy War History
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2020-08-15
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The Man Mayakovsky
1980-11-01
The Man Mayakovsky
Overview: A satire on Soviet propaganda based on Mayakovsky's poems.
Genres: Animation Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1980-11-01
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A Letter to the Future
1982-10-01
A Letter to the Future
Overview: The saga of Pushkin and the Decembrists, based on a letter by Matvey Muravyov-Apostol, found in Yalutorovsk during the Soviet era.
Genres: History
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1982-10-01
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Cupid's Arrows
1981-02-01
Cupid's Arrows
Overview: Reconstruction of silent films: a parody of the salon drama of the early twentieth century.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1981-02-01
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