De Rode Ziel
The Red Soul
Mehr als 50 Jahre nach dem Tod von Josef Stalin ist Russland entzweit: War er ein großer Anführer, durch den Russland eine Supermacht wurde? Oder war er ein ruchloser Diktator, verantwortlich für den Tod Millionen Unschuldiger? Überall im Land ringen die Familien der Opfer mit der Geschichte. Sie haben Angst, offen über das Geschehene zu sprechen, weil es ihr Vaterland in ein negatives Licht rücken würde. Denn Stalins Popularität wächst erneut, man sehnt sich nach nationaler Einheit. De rode ziel zeigt, wie die Vergangenheit im Russland der Gegenwart weiterlebt – und so der Zukunft ihren Stempel aufdrückt.
Gorter trains a sensitive eye on the complex Russian psyche in The Red Soul. While her core subject is the controversial legacy of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, this is a wide ranging snapshot of a country whose global influence has now become an inescapable news story. Gorter sensibly leaves the viewer to draw their own historical connections between past and present, instead preferring to interview a handful of speakers whose views on Stalin represent the wider spectrum, from characterful seniors to impressionable teens at a political youth-camp designed to promulgate the views of Putin and his party. (Neil Young, The Hollywood Reporter)
Director's Biography
Jessica Gorter
Jessica Gorter trained as a documentary director and editor at the Dutch Film and Television Academy in Amsterdam. Since her graduation she has been working as an independent filmmaker. Shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union she travelled to St. Petersburg, and has been closely following the development of the country and its inhabitants ever since. This has become a recurring subject for several of her award-winning documentaries.
Film Selection: De rode ziel (The Red Soul, 2017, doc) — 900 Dagen (900 Days, 2011, doc) — Quarantaine (Quarantine, 2006, doc) — Piter (2004, doc)
Jessica Gorter trained as a documentary director and editor at the Dutch Film and Television Academy in Amsterdam. Since her graduation she has been working as an independent filmmaker. Shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union she travelled to St. Petersburg, and has been closely following the development of the country and its inhabitants ever since. This has become a recurring subject for several of her award-winning documentaries.
Film Selection: De rode ziel (The Red Soul, 2017, doc) — 900 Dagen (900 Days, 2011, doc) — Quarantaine (Quarantine, 2006, doc) — Piter (2004, doc)
European Panorama Documentary 2018
Jessica Gorter
Niederlande 2017
color
90 Minuten
Russisch OmeU
Drehbuch Jessica Gorter,
Marieke van der Winden
Kamera Sander Snoep
Schnitt Danniel Danniel, Bobbie Roelofs
Ton/Sounddesign Mark Wessner
Musik Rutger Zuydervelt, Ilia Belorukov, René Aquarius
Produzent*innen Frank van den Engel,
Oksana Maksimchuk
Produktion
Zeppers Film, IKON docs
Österreichpremiere
Weltpremiere / World PremiereInternational Documentary Festival Amsterdam 2017
Premierenstatus / Premiere Status
Austrian Premiere
