Monday, March 26, 2:00pm, UNC Charlotte main campus, Student Union Theater
studentunion.uncc.edu
Aleksey Mizgirev, Russia, 2016/110 min
Russian with English subtitles
Made possible with the support of the Popp Martin Student Union Theater
Programming Grant awarded to the UNC Charlotte Russian Club.
Introduction by Kate Skorodinskaya, Lecturer of Russian, UNC Charlotte. Discussion
will follow screening.
Ex-Army officer Yakovlev acts as a stand-in for pistol duels among the nobility in 1860
St. Petersburg. However, he soon gets caught up in a scheme involving a count who
plans to kill off those he owes money to via duels.
Festivals and Awards:
2017 Golden Eagle Award for Best Cinematography, Maksim Osadchiy-Korytkovskiy
2017 Golden Eagle Award for Best Art Direction, Andrey Ponkratov
2017 Golden Eagle Award for Best Costume Art Direction,Tatyana Patrakhaltseva
“To take part in a duel is to accept that one’s fate is ultimately in the hands God, hence
the practice of Russian roulette…..Decidedly retro and spectacular to look at, this
should play like gangbusters in its native land, especially with Russian superstars Pyotr
Fyodorov and Vladimir Mashkov on board”
Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 2016
“The physical world of the movie teems with diverting period detail, which, along with
the always interesting looking and sometimes very attractive members of the cast, are
well shot by the cinematographer Maksim Osadchiy”
Glenn Kenny, The New York Times, 2016
Watch the Trailer: https://www.swank.com/college-campus/details/29992-the-duelist
