The German romantic
painter Caspar David Friedrich, b. Sept. 5, 1774, d. May 7, 1840,
was one of the greatest exponents in European art of the symbolic
landscape.
Son of a professional soldier, born
in 1951, Sokurov grew up in Poland and Turkistan.
After studying history at the
University of Gorkij, where he also worked on local television, he trained as a
director at the Moscow film school, VGIK. Here, in place of the standard twenty
minute student graduation short, he completed and presented his first
full-length feature, "The Lonely Voice Of A Man".The film was effectively
banned, as were all further productions.
Only after the exiled Andrei
Tarkovsky agitated for Sokurov's cause, establishing a fund to help the young
director, could his films be shown. Hailed by - inter alia - Martin Scorsese,
Susan Sontag and Paul Schrader as one of the most important film makers working
today, Sokurov has completed thirty works, and been the recipient of numerous
international prizes.
| DOCUMENTARIES |
| 1978 |
|
MARIA |
| 1979 |
|
SONATA FOR
HITLER |
| 1981 |
|
SONATA FOR
VIOLA |
| 1982-87 |
|
AND NOTHING
MORE |
| 1984-87 |
|
EVENING
SACRIFICE |
| 1985-87 |
|
PATIENT LABOUR |
| 1985-86 |
|
ELEGY |
| 1986-87 |
|
MOSKOW ELEGY |
| 1989 |
|
PETERSBURG
ELEGY |
| 1989 |
|
SOVIET ELEGY |
| 1990 |
|
TO THE EVENTS IN
TRANSCAUCASIA |
| 1990 |
|
SIMPLE ELEGY |
| 1991 |
|
AN EXAMPLE OF
INTONATION |
| 1993 |
|
RUSSIAN ELEGY |
| 1995 |
|
SPIRITUAL
VOICES |
| 1996 |
|
ORIENTAL
ELEGY |
|
|
|
| FEATURE
FILMS |
| 1978-87 |
|
THE LONELY VOICE OF A
MAN |
| 1980 |
|
THE DEGRADED |
| 1983-87 |
|
SAD NUMBNESS |
| 1987 |
|
EMPIRE |
| 1988 |
|
DAYS OF ECLIPSE |
| 1989 |
|
SAVE AND
PROTECT |
| 1990 |
|
THE SECOND
CIRCLE |
| 1992 |
|
STONE |
| 1993 |
|
WHISPERING
PAGES |
| 1997 |
|
MOTHER AND
SON |
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