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Die Frau mit den 5 Elefanten

The Woman With The 5 Elephants
La femme aux 5 éléphants
La donna con i 5 elefanti

Switzerland / Germany, April 2009
FILM, Documentary, 94 min.

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directed by
Vadim Jendreyko
Written by
Vadim Jendreyko
Status
In distribution
Website
www.5elefanten.ch

Swetlana Geier is considered the greatest translator of Russian literature into German. Her new translations of Dostoyevsky's five great novels, known as the “five elephants”, are her life's work and literary milestones. The 85-year-old woman takes her first trip since the war back to the places of her childhood in the Ukraine, accompanied by the filmmaker Vadim Jendreyko. The film interweaves the story of Swetlana Geier's life with her literary work and traces the secret of this inexhaustible mediator of language.

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World Premiere
April 2009
Original Version
Russian, German (french/german subtitles),  colour, 35mm, 94 min.
ISAN
0000-0002-0B2B-0000-P-0000-0000-0
Production
Mira Film, Filmtank GmbH, 3sat, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
Producer
Hercli Bundi, Vadim Jendreyko
directed by
Vadim Jendreyko
Written by
Vadim Jendreyko
Cinemato­graphy
Stéphane Kuthy
Editing
Gisela Castronari
Sound Editing
Daniel Almada
Sound Design
Daniel Almada
Re-Recording Mix
Florian Beck
Music
Daniel Almada, Martin Iannaccone
Location Sound Mix
Patrick Becker
Compositing
Paul Avondet
Lighting Design
Stéphane Kuthy

World Sales / World Rights

World Sales
Nour Films

Worldwide Distribution

Austria
Stadtkino - Filmverleih Distribution
Release date: 01.05.2010
France
Nour Films Distribution
Release date: 13.10.2010
Germany
Real Fiction Filmverleih Distribution
Release date: 28.01.2010
Japan
Uplink Film Distribution
Release date: tba
Switzerland
Cineworx GmbH Distribution
Release date: tba

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