To Our Brothers and Sisters (1990)
The film was made in 1989, in Demianov Laz Valley, where a mass grave from the period around the Second World War was opened and reburied. Apart from the historical event itself, the subject of the film is the rare meeting between the living and the dead, face to face, reunited by that event. What can actually a living man do in front of another who is no longer alive? He can cry, he can pray, he can suffer...but what else can he do? At the end he reburies them in the ground. The film shows somehow both the possibility to put the living and the dead in the same frame, and the impossibility for them to interact.
Director: Aleksandr Balagura
Genre: Documentary
Runtime: 10 min
Release Date: January 1, 1990
Country: Soviet Union
Language: No Language
Original Language: xx
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is To Our Brothers and Sisters about?
- The film was made in 1989, in Demianov Laz Valley, where a mass grave from the period around the Second World War was opened and reburied. Apart from the historical event itself, the subject of the film is the rare meeting between the living and the dead, face to face, reunited by that event. What can actually a living man do in front of another who is no longer alive? He can cry, he can pray, he can suffer...but what else can he do? At the end he reburies them in the ground. The film shows somehow both the possibility to put the living and the dead in the same frame, and the impossibility for them to interact.
- Who directed To Our Brothers and Sisters?
- To Our Brothers and Sisters was directed by Aleksandr Balagura.
- How long is To Our Brothers and Sisters?
- To Our Brothers and Sisters has a runtime of 10m (10 minutes).
- What genre is To Our Brothers and Sisters?
- To Our Brothers and Sisters is a Documentary film.
- Where was To Our Brothers and Sisters produced?
- To Our Brothers and Sisters was produced in Soviet Union.