The walls of “Moscow” (0+)
Russia, 2004, b/w, 26 min.
Director: Boris Karadzhev
Director: Boris Karadzhev
Impressive building of the Hotel Moskva erectedat the very heart of the city back in 1935 for long70 years has been an important architectural and historical landmark of the capital. It’s not by chance that the first hotel built in Soviet times stands in such a symbolic place - right next to the Kremlin. Its walls have silently witnessed all key events of the Russian national history: war time bombings and Victory Parade, funeral of Stalin and first Moscow International Film Festival,celebratory fireworks and political meetings and protests during early 1990s. Just recently due to the critical condition of the building the decision has been taken to demolish the hotel and build on the same place a new exactly same one but with contemporary 5-star facilities and interiors...
Boris Karadzhev
Boris Karadzhev
was born in Perm. He graduated from Perm State University and VGIK. He started his professional carrier at Perm television studio. During many years he collabprated as an author and director with various Film Studios and TV companies, took part in creation of over 60 films, as well as in a number of international projects. Between 2001-2006 he was the editor-in-chief of Russian Central Studio of Documentary Films (RCSDF). From 2002 he is a teacher at the documentary film directing class at VGIK.
FILMOGRAPHY
Selected filmography: «Skvorets» (The Starling), 2001; «The Courier of Words», 2002; «General’s captivity», 2002; «Maya Plisetskaya», 2003; «The Last Jew», 2003; «Let There Be Light!», 2003; «By The Walls Of «Moscow», 2004; «All our life is Sots Art», 2004; «The Banks of Rhine», 2005; «New Year Will Come Soon», 2006; «Unnatural Selection», 2006; «We Shall Build Our New Myth…», 2007; «Современники», 2007; «Composing Space», 2008; «Hubert in The Wonderland», 2009; «Modifiers of Time and Place», 2010; «On the Alleys of Central Park», 2011; «Evakuatsionnyy roman» (Evacuation romance), 2011; «Menu of 1945», 2012; «Writer «P». A Trial of Identification», 2013; «The Vicissitudes of Translation», 2014; «Throught the haze…», 2014.
Russia, 2004, b/w, 26 min.
Director: Boris Karadzhev
Director: Boris Karadzhev
Impressive building of the Hotel Moskva erectedat the very heart of the city back in 1935 for long70 years has been an important architectural and historical landmark of the capital. It’s not by chance that the first hotel built in Soviet times stands in such a symbolic place - right next to the Kremlin. Its walls have silently witnessed all key events of the Russian national history: war time bombings and Victory Parade, funeral of Stalin and first Moscow International Film Festival,celebratory fireworks and political meetings and protests during early 1990s. Just recently due to the critical condition of the building the decision has been taken to demolish the hotel and build on the same place a new exactly same one but with contemporary 5-star facilities and interiors...