Taurus (film)

Taurus (Russian: Телец, romanized: Telets) is a 2001 Russian biographical drama film directed by Alexander Sokurov, portraying Vladimir Lenin. It is the second film in a trilogy by director Aleksandr Sokurov that began with Moloch about Nazi Germany's Adolf Hitler and continued with The Sun about Japanese emperor Hirohito.[1] It was entered into the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.[2]

Taurus
Film poster
Directed byAlexander Sokurov
Produced byVladimir Persov
Written byYuri Arabov
StarringLeonid Mozgovoy
Music byAndrey Sigle
Sergei Rachmaninov
CinematographyAlexander Sokurov
Edited byLeda Semyonova
Production
company
Release date
  • 16 May 2001 (2001-05-16)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian

Plot

In the face of illness, the historical personality turns out to be simply a man powerless to change anything not only in the fate of a country that is not yet under his control, but also in the fate of his doomed awkward family, and in the fate of his decaying personality.

Cast
  • Leonid Mozgovoy as Vladimir Lenin
  • Mariya Kuznetsova as Krupskaya
  • Sergei Razhuk as Joseph Stalin
  • Natalya Nikulenko as Sister
  • Lev Yeliseyev as Doctor
  • Nikolai Ustinov as Pacoly

Awards

At the 2001 Russian Guild of Film Critics Awards the film was awarded the prizes for Best Film, Best Director (Alexander Sokurov), Best Female Actor (Mariya Kuznetsova), Best Male Actor (Leonid Mozgovoy), Best Screenplay (Yuri Arabov), Best Director of Photography (Alexander Sokurov, Aleksei Rodionov) and Best Art Direction (Natalia Kochergina).[3]

References
  1. The Sun (Solntse) (2005) Reviewed by Jamie Woolley bbc.co.uk
  2. "Festival de Cannes: Taurus". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 18 October 2009.
  3. "2001". Russian Guild of Film Critics.
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