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Kiev Frescos

Original title: Kiyevskiye freski
  • 1966
  • 13m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
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Kiev Frescos (1966)
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A short from Sergei Parajanov, edited from this banned film's screen tests, noted by Mikhail Vartanov as the origin of the groundbreaking cinematic language materialized in the masterpiece T... Read allA short from Sergei Parajanov, edited from this banned film's screen tests, noted by Mikhail Vartanov as the origin of the groundbreaking cinematic language materialized in the masterpiece The Color of Pomegranates (1969).A short from Sergei Parajanov, edited from this banned film's screen tests, noted by Mikhail Vartanov as the origin of the groundbreaking cinematic language materialized in the masterpiece The Color of Pomegranates (1969).

  • Director
    • Sergei Parajanov
  • Writers
    • Sergei Parajanov
    • Pavlo Zagrebelny
  • Stars
    • Tengiz Archvadze
    • Vladimir Artman
    • Alexandr Kotchekov
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    417
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Sergei Parajanov
    • Writers
      • Sergei Parajanov
      • Pavlo Zagrebelny
    • Stars
      • Tengiz Archvadze
      • Vladimir Artman
      • Alexandr Kotchekov
    • 1Critic review
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    Tengiz Archvadze
    Tengiz Archvadze
    Vladimir Artman
    Alexandr Kotchekov
    Antonina Leftiy
    Antonina Leftiy
    • Director
      • Sergei Parajanov
    • Writers
      • Sergei Parajanov
      • Pavlo Zagrebelny
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    • Trivia
      Sergei Parajanov's best friend Mikhail Vartanov said that "My classmate at (the Moscow Film Institute) VGIK, Aleksandr Antipenko, brought the footage of Kyiv Frescoes that he shot for Parajanov and screened it for us in class. I immediately realized that Parajanov would be shooting his next film in this new revolutionary cinematic language"

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    • Release date
      • May 9, 1966 (Soviet Union)
    • Country of origin
      • Soviet Union
    • Official site
      • parajanov.com (United States)
    • Languages
      • None
      • Russian
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Kiev Frescoes
    • Filming locations
      • Kyiv, Ukraine
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    • Budget
      • UAH 10,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      • 13m
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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