Film

Far Away from St. Petersburg

8.219931h 19mComedy

Director: Alexander Hahn
Year: 1993

Iwan Rabcynski, born in St. Petersburg (Florida), writes Russian melodramas under the pseudonym "John F. Romanoff. He gets his inspiration in Brooklyn, his chosen home. His new novel, which is meant to be autobiographical, begins with his Russian great grandfather in St. Petersburg in 1882 and follows three generations as they survive the country's political upheavals.

Top cast

Dzintars Belogrudovs

John F. Romanoff / young Nikititsch

Igor Klass

John F. Romanoff's father / old Nikititsch

Zhenja Krjukowa

Dascha 1 / Vera 2

Larisa Tatunowa

Vera 2 / Dascha 1

Ints Burans

Valdemārs Karpačs

Directed by

Alexander Hahn

Written by

Sascha Zhukowski

Produced by

Markus Ibrom, Peter Mayer