The Prisoner of St. Petersburg
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The Prisoner of St. Petersburg is a 1989 Australian
drama film
directed by Ian Pringle. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard
section at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival
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Cinema of Australia
Cinema of Australia, more commonly referred to as the Australian film industry, refers to the system of production, distribution, and exhibition of films in Australia. Film production commenced in Australia in 1906 with the production of The Story of the Kelly Gang, the earliest feature film made...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Ian Pringle. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's Official Selection. It is run at the Salle Debussy, parallel to the competition for the Palme d'Or.This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob...
section at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival
1989 Cannes Film Festival
- Jury :*Wim Wenders *Christine Gouze-Renal*Claude Beylie*Georges Delerue*Hector Babenco*Krzysztof Kieślowski*Peter Handke*Renée Blanchar*Sally Field*Silvio Clementelli-Feature film competition:* Chimère by Claire Devers...
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Cast
- Efrem Accurso - Italian truck driver
- Ifrim Bender - Russian man with coat
- Solveig DommartinSolveig DommartinSolveig Dommartin was a French-German actress.Her acting career began in the theatre with "Compagnie Timothee Laine" and with the "Theater Labor Warschau". She had her first experiences with film as an assistant of Jacques Rozier.Her debut as a film actress was Wings of Desire under Wim Wenders...
- Elena - Johanna Karl-Lory - Old woman
- Lars Michalak - Russian man behind door
- Michael Obinja - Russian man on train
- Pat O'Connell - Singing Irish man
- Olivier Picot - Stefan
- René Schönenberger - Businessman
- Wieland SpeckWieland SpeckWieland Speck is a German film director, who since 1992 has coordinated "Panorama" at the International Filmfestival Berlin . Panorama showcases new films by established directors, as well as debut works by up-and-coming talents....
- Youth in bar - Denis Staunton - Irish man
- Hans Martin Stier - Truck driver
- Noah TaylorNoah TaylorNoah George Taylor is an English-born Australian actor.-Early life:Taylor, elder of two boys, was born in London, England, the son of Maggie, a journalist and book editor, and Paul Taylor, a copywriter and journalist. Taylor's Australian parents returned to Australia when he was five, and he grew...
- Jack - Katja Teichmann - Johanna
- Ralph Wittgrebe - German drunk
- Christian Zertz - Lorenzo