Ivan Denisovich (film)

Ivan Denisovich
Ivan Denisovich
Directed by	Gleb Panfilov
Written by	Gleb Panfilov; Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn;
Produced by	Maksim Panfilov; Anton Zlatopolsky; Irina Savina;
Starring	Filipp Yankovsky; Artur Beschastny; Aleksandr Karavayev; Stepan Abramov; Igor Savochkin; Sergey Karyakin; Denis Karasyov; Mikhail Khmurov;
Narrated by	Leonid Yarmolnik
Cinematography	Mikhail Khasaya; Mikhail Agranovich;
Production; companies	Russia-1; Vera;
Distributed by	Central Partnership
Release date	September 23, 2021;
Running time	105 minutes
Country	Russia
Language	Russian

Ivan Denisovich, also in English speaking regions titled as 100 Minutes (

Locarno International Film Festival.^[4] It was theatrically released on September 23, 2021 by Central Partnership.^[5]

This was Panfilov’s final film before his death 2023.

Plot

Soldier Ivan Denisovich Shukhov was taken prisoner by the Germans, and after leaving it, he ended up in his homeland as a prisoner and he began to build a giant space industry plant. In conditions of hunger, humiliation and fear, he managed to maintain honesty and openness to the world, but will he be able to go free and meet with his daughters?[6]

Cast

Filipp Yankovsky as Ivan Denisovich Shukhov
Artur Beschastny as Kildigs
Aleksandr Karavayev as Vasily Nikitin
Stepan Abramov as Stepan Matafonov
Igor Savochkin as the overseer Tatarin
Sergey Karyakin as Brigadier Tyurin
Denis Karasyov as Polkovnik Borshchov
Mikhail Khmurov as Cavtorang Buynovsky
Vladimir Yeryomin as Caesar Markovich
Inna Churikova as eldress

Reception

The film went on the shortlist for the Golden Eagle Award, along with such works as Persian Lessons and Silver Skates in the Best Film category.^[7]

Anton Dolin of Meduza praised the film, saying "Panfilov's film is a whole iconostasis of images, which one would like to carefully examine and which is not easily forgotten."^[8]