Russia's Open Book: Writing in the Age of Putin (2013)
55 min
Who is the new Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, or Gogol waiting to be discovered by the English-speaking world? Hosted by actor, author, and activist Stephen Fry, focuses on six authors whose vibrant, idiosyncratic work continues to gain traction with a global audience: Dmitry Bykov, Mariam Petrosyan, Zakhar Prilepin, Anna Starobinets, Vladimir Sorokin, and Lyudmila Ultiskaya. With contributions from their literary critics, publishers, and peers, the film features extensive interviews with each author.
- Release date
- December 13, 2013
- Country of origin
- Not yet available
- Music
- Haim Frank Ilfman
Cast
- Stephen Fry as Self - Host
- Vladimir Sorokin as Self
- Zakhar Prilepin as Self
- Lyudmila Ulitskaya as Self
- Dmitriy Bykov as Self
- Mariam Petrosyan as Self
- Anna Starobinets as Self
- Juliet Stevenson as Self - Narrator
Crew
- Paul Mitchell · Writer
- Sarah Wallis · Writer
- Paul Mitchell · Producer
- Sarah Wallis · Producer
- Haim Frank Ilfman · Composer
- Gennady Nemykh · Cinematographer
- Toby Marter · Editor