Film

Shadows Behind the Frame

2024 · 1h · Documentary

“Cinema devoured me” said Lyudmila Kusakova, one of the first women art directors at “Mosfilm”. In her hands the panoply of items found at municipal dumps mutated into magical film sets which became a part the golden fund of our cinema. in her work she enjoyed the support of her husband and mentor mikhail kartashov. he helped lyudmila to find beauty in everyday articles and be ahead of time with her ideas. but dissimilar world views inevitably told on their marriage. can love withstand the tribulations in the family of two creative people for whom art and cinema became the meaning of life?

Kseniya Rappoport

(voice)

Nikita Volkov

(voice)

• Ivan BaturinDirector · Producer · Writer · Editor
• Feliks MikhaylovProducer
• Igor SazonovProducer
• Pavel LuzanDirector of Photography
• Evgeny DyachenkoOriginal Music Composer

Release date

April 20, 2024

Status

Released

Original language

Russian

Runtime

1h

Genres

Documentary