Filming the Unfilmable - Casper Wrede`s `One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich`

In this amply illustrated book, Hellman and Rogachevskii tell the fascinating story behind the screen adaptation of one of the most impactful novels of all times. Despite its huge global success, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn refused all offers to have his One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich turned into a movie for many years for artistic reasons. It took the full resolve and commitment of the Finnish director Caspar Wrede to bring this challenging project to fruition, eight years after the novel had been published. This second, expanded edition of Filming the `Unfilmable` offers an all-encompassing account of the movie`s production, reception and impact. Filled with little-known facts, it also gives unique and valuable insights into Solzhenitsyn`s complex relationship with the art of filmmaking.

Info autore

Dr. Ben Hellman studied Russian at the bo Akademi, and is currently a Lecturer at the University of Helsinki. He is the author of Poets of Hope and Despair: Russian Symbolists in War and Revolution (IREES 1995). His papers have appeared in, among other journals, Studia Slavica Finlandensia and Russian History. He has also translated Vladimir Makanin, Viktor Pelevin and Vladimir Sorokin into Swedish.

Dr Andrei Rogachevskii studied Russian at the Moscow State University, and is currently a Senior Lecturer at the University of Glasgow. He is the author of A Biographical and Critical Study of the Russian Writer Eduard Limonov (Edwin Mellen 2003) and a co-editor of Bribery and Blat in Russia (Palgrave Macmillan 2000). His papers have appeared in, among other journals, The Slavonic and East European Review, Osteuropa and Europe-Asia Studies.

Dr. Andreas Umland is DAAD Lecturer in German Studies at the National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv.

Relazione

"This study is a labour of love for Russian literature scholars Ben Hellman and Andrei Rogachevskii. Chock-full of fascinating and often witty footnotes, the main text provides a thorough account of the film`s production." The Scotland-Russia Forum Review

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Hellma, Be Hellman, Ben Hellman, Ben Rogachevskii Hellman, Ben Rogachevskii Andrei Hellman, Rogachevskii, Andrei Rogachevskii
• Con la collaborazione di: Andrea Umland (Editore), Andreas Umland (Editore)
• Editore: ibidem
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 24.02.2010
• EAN: 9783838200446
• ISBN: 978-3-8382-0044-6
• Pagine: 260
• Dimensioni: 150 mm x 210 mm x 14 mm
• Peso: 360 g
• Illustrazioni: mit zahlr. farb. Abb.
• Serie: Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society; Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society (SPPS); Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society; Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society (SPPS)
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Hobby, casa > Fotografia, cinematografia, riprese video; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Fotografia, cinematografia, video, TV; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Teatro, balletto