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Taurus (2001)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 34M

Director : Aleksandr Sokurov
Writer : Yuriy Arabov

Synopsis

Unfolding over two days in 1924, the film depicts the dying Lenin, world revolutionary and father of the USSR, now powerless and isolated at his Gorki estate. Cared for by his wife, Nadezhda Krupskaia, sister Maniasha, his German doctor and several attendants, Lenin raves about his diminishing faculties, discusses the deaths of great figures (including Marx), rides a car to a picnic in a meadow and ponders his historic legacy.

Actors

Leonid Mozgovoy
Leonid Mozgovoy
Lenin
Mariya Kuznetsova
Mariya Kuznetsova
Krupskaya
Sergei Razhuk
Sergei Razhuk
Stalin
Natalya Nikulenko
Natalya Nikulenko
sister
Lev Eliseev
Lev Eliseev
doctor
Николай Устинов
Николай Устинов
Aleksandr Chaban
Aleksandr Chaban
Fyodor Lavrov
Fyodor Lavrov
Boris Voytsekhovskiy
Boris Voytsekhovskiy
Maxim Sergeev
Maxim Sergeev
Valentina Kasyanova
Valentina Kasyanova
Pavel Kornakov
Pavel Kornakov

Crews

Aleksandr Sokurov
Aleksandr Sokurov
Director
Yuriy Arabov
Yuriy Arabov
Screenplay
Viktor Sergeev
Viktor Sergeev
Producer
Vladimir Persov
Vladimir Persov
Executive Producer
Andrey Sigle
Andrey Sigle
Music
Anatoli Rodionov
Anatoli Rodionov
Director of Photography
Aleksandr Sokurov
Aleksandr Sokurov
Director of Photography
Leda Semyonova
Leda Semyonova
Editor
Natalya Kochergina
Natalya Kochergina
Production Design
Lidiya Kryukova
Lidiya Kryukova
Costume Design
Zhanna Rodionova
Zhanna Rodionova
Makeup Artist
Sergey Moshkov
Sergey Moshkov
Sound Designer

Posters and backgrounds

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