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Orango

2014 · 34m · Music · Drama

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Overview

"Orango" - prologue to an unfinished opera by Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975), conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, performed by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Mariinsky Theatre Academy. In the 1920s, Soviet biologist Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov carried out a series of experiments to create a human/nonhuman ape hybrid. Three female chimpanzees were inseminated with human sperm. No pregnancy occurred.. In 1929 he organized a set of experiments involving nonhuman ape sperm and human volunteers, but was delayed by the death of his last orangutan.

Cast

Esa-Pekka Salonen

Esa-Pekka Salonen

Self - Conductor

Natalia Pavlova

Natalia Pavlova

Suzanna

Dmitro Koljeuško

Ivanov

Natalia Jakimova

Renée

Aleksander Šagun

Armand Fleury

Aleksander Trofimov

Paul Mâche

Ivan Novoselov

Orango

Vladimir Babokin

Foreigner 1

Oleg Losev

Foreigner 2

Leo Elhardt

Voice from the crowd

Denis Beganski

The Entertainer

Juri Jevtšuk

Crew

Media

Details

Release date
August 20, 2014
Status
Released
Original language
Russian
Runtime
34m
Genres
Music, Drama

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