Film

Summer House

1992 · 1h 4m · Drama · Fantasy

Produced for newly independent Sakha television in the early nineties, Summer House is a pioneering document of a film culture in the making. The directorial debut of actor Anatoly Vasiliev, who also stars, the film tells the seemingly simple story of a man returning to his native village to purchase a house, only to find himself caught between the worlds of the living and the dead. Drawing on deep wells of Sakha spirituality and folk symbolism, and cast with local, non-professional actors, Summer House is a rarely-seen gem of independent filmmaking and a key piece of Sakha film history.

Anatoly Vasiliev

Afanasy Fedorov

Simon Fedotov

Vasiliy Aprosimov

Alexey Popov

Mariya Lukina

• Anatoly VasilievDirector
• Semen ErmolaevWriter
• Semyon VasilyevDirector of Photography

Release date

January 31, 1992

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 4m

Genres

Drama, Fantasy