The Prisoner of St. Petersburg explained
| The Prisoner of St. Petersburg |
| Director: | Ian Pringle |
| Producer: | Daniel Scharf
Klaus Sungen |
| Starring: | Solveig Dommartin |
| Cinematography: | Ray Argall |
| Editing: | Ursula West |
| Runtime: | 78 minutes |
| Country: | Australia
West Germany |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | A$330,000[1] |
The Prisoner of St. Petersburg is a 1989 Australian drama film directed by Ian Pringle.[2] It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.[3]
The film was the first Australian-West German co-production. It was shot over 22 days in Germany.[4] David Stratton wrote that the film "appeared to be commercially doomed from the beginning".[5]
Cast
- Efrem Accurso as Italian truck driver
- Ifrim Bender as Russian man with coat
- Solveig Dommartin as Elena
- Johanna Karl-Lory as Old woman
- Lars Michalak as Russian man behind door
- Michael Obinja as Russian man on train
- Pat O'Connell as Singing Irish man
- Olivier Picot as Stefan
- René Schönenberger as Businessman
- Wieland Speck as Youth in bar
- Denis Staunton as Irish man
- Hans Martin Stier as Truck driver
- Noah Taylor as Jack
- Katja Teichmann as Johanna
- Ralph Wittgrebe as German drunk
- Christian Zertz as Lorenzo
External links
Notes and References
- "Production Barometer", Cinema Papers, May 1989 p40
- News: NY Times: The Prisoner of St. Petersburg . https://web.archive.org/web/20121102144430/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/144060/The-Prisoner-of-St-Petersburg/overview . dead . 2 November 2012 . 24 May 2010. Janet . Movies & TV Dept. . . . Janet Maslin . 2012 . Maslin.
- Web site: Festival de Cannes: The Prisoner of St. Petersburg . 2 August 2009. festival-cannes.com.
- http://miff.com.au/60_years_of_miff/film_archive?movieid=19528 The Prisoner of St Petersberg at Melbourne International Film Festival
- David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p112
