Sibiriada

1979
4h 35m

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Lyudmila Gurchenko, Nikita Mikhalkov, and Vladimir Potapov in Sibiriada (1979)

In the Siberian wilderness in the village of Yelan, two families live, who have long been at war with each other: the «kulaks» of Solomina and the «poor people» of Ustyuzhanina.In the Siberian wilderness in the village of Yelan, two families live, who have long been at war with each other: the «kulaks» of Solomina and the «poor people» of Ustyuzhanina.In the Siberian wilderness in the village of Yelan, two families live, who have long been at war with each other: the «kulaks» of Solomina and the «poor people» of Ustyuzhanina.

Director
- Andrei Konchalovsky
Writers
- Valentin Yezhov
- Andrei Konchalovsky
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7.9/10

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Director
- Andrei Konchalovsky
Writers
- Valentin Yezhov
- Andrei Konchalovsky
Stars

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Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations total

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10/10

How much I miss the 4 and a half hour version of "Siberiade"

I was young film student in 1979 when the Union of the Soviet Filmmakers came to Sofia Bulgaria and premiered Konchalovsky's "Siberiade"; Tarkosvky's "Stalker" and Danelia'a "Autumn marathon". I was stunned by the cosmopolitan dimension of the art form. Then and only then, I saw "Siberiade" 4 and 1/2 hours epic and was speechless. Way better then Bertolucci's "1900". By far!

Hope Andron will somehow get to the negative and make "director's restored version full lenght " someday! On DVD of course! Also I fiercely fought in defense of this Cinema against most of my colleagues who were equating Soviet film with bad taste! Time is on my side.

dbojckov9
Nov 7, 2005
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Trivia
Longest film to be in competition for the Palme d'Or.

Goofs
The boom mic is visible for less than a second in the top left corner at roughly 1:29:11, when Alexei is talking to the elder grandfather, and the grandfather stands up and begins chanting at him.