The Little Moscow
Encyclopedia
Little Moscow is an award-winning Polish-Russian co-production directed by Waldemar Krzystek
and released in 2008.
in Legnica
, south western Poland
. The Red Army
have turned the town into the largest Soviet garrison on foreign soil due to Legnica's proximity to Czechoslovakia and East Germany. Wiera is the wife of the crack Soviet pilot Jura, but after attending a cultural event to ease Polish-Soviet tensions falls head over heels in love with Michał, a Polish officer. The forbidden love takes many twists and turns, and the tale begins and ends in post-Soviet Legnica in 2008 as both Jura and his angry daughter Wiera Junior try to make peace with the past.
in 2008 the category of best actress was won by Swietłana Chodczenkowa and Golden Lion by director Waldemar Krzystek.
Waldemar Krzystek
Waldemar Krzystek is a Polish film director and screenwriter. His film Ostatni prom was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival...
and released in 2008.
Plot
It is 1967, the middle of the Cold WarCold War
The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
in Legnica
Legnica
Legnica is a town in south-western Poland, in Silesia, in the central part of Lower Silesia, on the plain of Legnica, riverside: Kaczawa and Czarna Woda. Between 1 June 1975 and 31 December 1998 Legnica was the capital of the Legnica Voivodeship. It is currently the seat of the county...
, south western Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
. The Red Army
Red Army
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army started out as the Soviet Union's revolutionary communist combat groups during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1922. It grew into the national army of the Soviet Union. By the 1930s the Red Army was among the largest armies in history.The "Red Army" name refers to...
have turned the town into the largest Soviet garrison on foreign soil due to Legnica's proximity to Czechoslovakia and East Germany. Wiera is the wife of the crack Soviet pilot Jura, but after attending a cultural event to ease Polish-Soviet tensions falls head over heels in love with Michał, a Polish officer. The forbidden love takes many twists and turns, and the tale begins and ends in post-Soviet Legnica in 2008 as both Jura and his angry daughter Wiera Junior try to make peace with the past.
Cast
- Swietłana Chodczenkowa – Wiera Swietłowa jr/Wiera Swietłowa sr
- Lesław Żurek – Michał Janicki
- Dimitrij Uljanow – Jura Swietłow, Wiera's husband
Awards
At the 33rd annual Polish Film FestivalPolish Film Festival
The Polish Film Festival is an annual film festival first held in Gdańsk, now held in Gdynia, Poland....
in 2008 the category of best actress was won by Swietłana Chodczenkowa and Golden Lion by director Waldemar Krzystek.