The Children Play Russian
6.2
5 votes
1993
58m
Overview
A famous French filmmaker is hired by a major Hollywood producer to make a documentary on the state of post-Cold War Russia. The filmmaker, though, subverts the project by stubbornly remaining in France and casting himself as the title character of Dostoyevsky's "The Idiot," offering up a series of typically Godardian musings on art, politics, the nature of images and the future of cinema.
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Top cast
László Szabó
Jack Valenti, the Producer
Jean-Luc Godard
Prince Mishkin, the IdiotB
Bernard Eisenschitz
Harry Blount
André S. Labarthe
Alcide Jolivet
Aude Amiot
Mademoiselle Amiel / Anna Karenina
Irina Apeksimova
Anna Karenina
Marie Borowski
Benjamin Kraatz
Prince André
Kseniya Kutepova
Maid, One of Chekhov's Sisters
Polina Kutepova
Maid, One of Chekhov's Sisters
Bénédicte Loyen
Details
Status
Released
Release date
August 8, 1993
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Language
French, English, Russian
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