Dark is the Night

Friday, August 20, 7:00 pm

(Odnazhdy nochyu)

Directed by Boris Barnet

This film, with Barnet as actor and director, was thought to be lost before its rediscovery 10 years ago. Shot in 1944, its allegorical story of a Russian schoolgirl who helps to hide several Russian soldiers from the Germans during the siege of Stalingrad is daring in its portrayal of a defiant Russian community and of the consequences of such resistance.

This series is a rare opportunity to see three films by Boris Barnet, largely unknown in the West, but long hailed as the father of Soviet comedy and an inspiration to greats such as Tarkovsky and Bertolucci.

81 minutes, black and white, 1945

The Russian Film Festival is presented in collaboration with Seagull Films.

All film tickets: $10

King Learimage courtesy of Seagull Films