Ivan Denisovich (film)

2021 Russian film

Gleb Panfilov
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Produced by

Maksim Panfilov
Anton Zlatopolsky
Irina Savina

Starring

Filipp Yankovsky
Artur Beschastny
Aleksandr Karavayev
Stepan Abramov
Igor Savochkin
Sergey Karyakin
Denis Karasyov
Mikhail Khmurov

Narrated byLeonid YarmolnikCinematography

Mikhail Khasaya
Mikhail Agranovich

Production
companies

Russia-1
Vera

Distributed byCentral Partnership

Release date

September 23, 2021 (2021-09-23)

Running time

105 minutesCountryRussiaLanguageRussian

Ivan Denisovich, also in English speaking regions titled as 100 Minutes (Russian: Иван Денисович) is a 2021 Russian historical war drama film directed by Gleb Panfilov, a film adaptation based on the story by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.^[1]^[2]^[3] The film premiered at the 2021 Locarno International Film Festival.^[4] It was theatrically released on September 23, 2021 by Central Partnership.^[5] This was Panfilov’s final film before his death 2023.

Plot

Soldier Ivan Denisovich Shukhov was taken prisoner by the Germans, and after leaving it, he ended up in his homeland as a prisoner and he began to build a giant space industry plant. In conditions of hunger, humiliation and fear, he managed to maintain honesty and openness to the world, but will he be able to go free and meet with his daughters?^[6]

Cast

Filipp Yankovsky as Ivan Denisovich Shukhov
Artur Beschastny as Kildigs
Aleksandr Karavayev as Vasily Nikitin
Stepan Abramov as Stepan Matafonov
Igor Savochkin as the overseer Tatarin
Sergey Karyakin as Brigadier Tyurin
Denis Karasyov as Polkovnik Borshchov
Mikhail Khmurov as Cavtorang Buynovsky
Vladimir Yeryomin as Caesar Markovich
Inna Churikova as eldress

Reception

The film went on the shortlist for the Golden Eagle Award, along with such works as Persian Lessons and Silver Skates in the Best Film category.^[7]

Anton Dolin of Meduza praised the film, saying "Panfilov's film is a whole iconostasis of images, which one would like to carefully examine and which is not easily forgotten."^[8]

References

^ «Иван Денисович»: опубликованы трейлер и постер нового фильма Глеба Панфилова
^ В Локарно покажут фильм Панфилова и Чуриковой по Солженицыну
^ Andrei Plakhov. «Я придумал свою историю Ивана Денисовича». Глеб Панфилов — о киноверсии рассказа Солженицына
^ Georg Szalai. "Locarno Film Festival Adds Two Titles to Complete Lineup". Hollywood Reporter.
^ Фильм «Иван Денисович» Глеба Панфилова выйдет в прокат 23 сентября
^ Иван Денисович (2021)
^ ""Иван Денисович" и "Серебряные коньки" вошли в шорт-лист "Золотого орла"" ["Ivan Denisovich" and "Silver Skates" went into the shortlist for "Golden Eagle"]. TASS (in Russian). Retrieved 11 January 2022.
^ Dolin, Anton. ""Иван Денисович" — страшная сказка Глеба Панфилова о счастливом человеке в ГУЛАГе" ["Ivan Denisovich" is Gleb Panfilov's frightening tale of a happy man living in the GULAG]. Meduza (in Russian). Retrieved 11 January 2022.