France / Russia / Ukraine / Bulgaria / Spain 1999
Language: German
Genre: Drama, Romance, History
Director: Régis Wargnier
Cinematographer: Laurent Dailland
Script: Rustam Ibragimbekov, Sergei Bodrov, Louis Gardel, Régis Wargnier
Editor: Hervé Schneid
Cast: Sandrine Bonnaire, Oleg Menshikow, Catherine Deneuve
Producer: Yves Marmion
Production Company: UGC YM
Music: Patrick Doyle
Sound: Olivier Burgaud, Gérard Hardy, Guillaume Sciama
Distributor: Universal Pictures Germany GmbH
Lenght: 120 Min.
Format: 35mm
Color: Farbe
Age Limit: <

1946, the doctor Alexej and his family follow Stalin’s call to come back to Russia to help rebuilding their homeland after the Second World War. When arriving there, it turns out that the former emigrants shall be murdered or exploited in labour camps. Marie, Alexej’s French wife, can’t stand the life in the repressive homeland of her husband and wants to return to France. At the same time, she gets to know Sascha, a talented swimmer for whom participating in the European championship would be the only possibility to escape from Russia. A story about surrender and the quest for freedom and love in a totalitarian regime with a brilliant cast.