Oscar is the story of the life of the famous artist Oscar Rabin against the background of three decades of Soviet history; it is a story about a successful experience of standing up against a regime with the help of paint and brushes. It is the story of non-violent resistance against evil, of the boundaries of compromise, about how people try to maintain their inner freedom when they are living in a country that is not very free. The film uses many unique newsreels and other archival materials being shown for the first time. Along with Oscar Rabin, featured in the fim are Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Vladimir Sorokin, Evgeny Kisin, Boris Akunin, Maya Turovskaya, Vladimir Paperny, Erik Bulatov, Oleg Tselkov, Vitaly Komar, Vyacheslav Ivanov, Mihail Chemiakin, Igor Guberman, Donald Rayfield, and Adam Michnik.
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Cast
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Boris Akunin
himself
Evgeny Kissin
himself
Also in
Evgeny Kissin: The Gift of Music
Kissin in Tokyo
Maya Turovskaya
herself
Also in
I Am an Ox, I Am a Horse, I Am a Man, I Am a Woman
Oscar Rabin
himself
Lyudmila Ulitskaya
herself
Also in
Russia's Open Book: Writing in the Age of Putin
This Queen of Spades
Oleg Tselkov
himself
Evgeny Tsymbal Director · Alexandr Smolyansky Director
First release September 16, 2018 · Produced in Germany, Russia, United States, France · Original title Оскар
Production
Germany · Russia · United States · France
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Original title
Оскар
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · September 16, 2018
Premiere · Message to Man International Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
Poland
November 9, 2018 · Premiere · Sputnik Russian Film Festival
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