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Two Paper Soldiers

Full-lenth feature film
(the almanac from two short stories)

Production company: Debut Film Studio
Release Year: 2001

Synopsis

Two young provincials go to Moscow to find their sweethearts...

The hero of first novel HIDE-AND-SEEK, SEEK, SEEK... (directed by Alexey Poyarkov) - the officer paratrooper Kostya was deserted by his beloved, who had changed him for a dandy in the capital. The hero is determined, first, to give the offender a blow in his ugly face and then, to return his treasure.

The hero of second novel CROSS AND NOUGHT (directed by Roman Khrushch) - a young provincial graduate of theological seminary Mikhail Myshkin comes to Moscow in search of Jennie, his class-mate, his secret young love, left for Moscow many years ago. However, the girl most likely forgot about her admirer. She is wrapped up in her own problems joined with the life in modern Moscow...

Cross and Nought

Title - Крестик и Нолик
Country of production - Russia
Year of production - 2001
English title - Cross and Nought
Production company - Debut Film Studio
Genre - Drama

Cast

Second novel  CROSS-AND-NAUGHT, 45 min.

MAIN ROLES:

Nadejda Nudga
Dmitry Burkhankin
Nikita Prozorovsky
Elena Laskovaya
Michael Wainberg
Alexey Oshurkov

IN EPISODES:

D.Bolizhevsky, J.Nevstruev, N.Lutskaja, P.Sborshchikov, A.Rebrov, E.Shumejko, S.Apostol, I.Gordienko, N.Starovojt, E.Shirokova, E.Osipova, A.Chistova, M.Tresvjatsky, E.Beznosikova, V.Balandin, K.Spassky, E.Antipova, O.Bychkova, A.Buharova, N.Lukeicheva, S.Eventov, D.Nadtochy, D.Nazarenko. S.Merkushev, E.Fomina, I.Lehtonen, A.Kulkov, T.Savin, A.Chislov, A.Kjaro, V.Kudryashov, P.Shcherbakova, O.Maraeva, K.Gromova, A.Sokolov, V.Lapkina, D.Belousov, P.Shcherbatjuk, E.Ivanov, J.Panov, E.Gladkih, E.Bublikova, T.Kuznetsova, S.Mironov, O.Ashigova, I.Ostrovsky, O.Mukovkina, D.Agisheva, A.Popova, I.Malikov, A.Novikov, A.Dupljakin, V.Kozhevnikov, D.Gribennik, A.Nigorozhin, N.Golinsky, E.Gridnev, D.Suhobok, T.Motskus, E.Ivanov, R.Khrushch.

Crew

Second novel CROSS AND NOUGHT

2001, Russia, 45 min, color, 1:1.66, optical mono, English sub-titles

Screenplay   Alexey Poyarkov & Roman Khrushch
Director   Roman Khrushch
Cinematography   Grigory Jablochnikov
Art director   Ilya Piganov
Composer   Roman Dormidoshin
Sound producer   Julia Egorova
Editor   Natalia Alfyorova
Costume designer   Anna Сhistova
Artists on a make-up  

Elena Samoilovа, Elena Kadykina

First director assistant   Lolita Levchenko
Assistant film editor   Irina Belousova, Marina Vasileva
Prop assistant  

Olga Baranova, Olga Kajgorodova

Foley   Faina Janpolsky, Nina Trofimchuk, Alla Mejchik
Produser assistant   Andrey Ludannyi
Line producer   Yury Babochenok
Executive producer   Alexander Paevsky
Producer   Boris Tokarev

Festivals

• «Kinotavr», Russia, 2001

• «The Window to Europe», Russia, 2001

• «Filmshock», Russia, 2001

• «Moscow Pegasus», 2001, a prize «Bronze Pegasus» for the best debut

• «Sozvezdie-2001», Russia, a prize for the main man''s role to Dmitry Burhankin (a short story «Cross-and-naught»)

• «Europa Cinema and TV», (V International forum of the European cinema and television in Viareggio, Italy),  2001