主演：LarisaZharkova/IlyaShakunov/SergeiKoshonin/AllaSergiyko/尤利·别连耶导演：OlegKovalov语言：俄语地区:俄罗斯编剧：奥列格·科瓦廖夫/NatalyaSkorokhod类型：剧情/战争上映时间：2001 别名：TheDarkNight用户标签：2000s,俄罗斯,黑白,苏俄,实验电影,實驗,新俄罗斯,蘇俄片长：95minimdb编号：tt0320671Mixtureofdocumentaryandfictionaboutthedictatorial1930s.Witharchivefootageof'kinonewsreels',ascriptthatislooselybasedontheutopianfantasiesofFritzLangandabouttheforbiddenpassionateloveaffairbetweenaphotographerandhismodel.TheDarkNighttakesOlegKovalovalittleclosertohistarget:towriteacompletehistoryofthetwentiethcenturyinthelanguageoffilm.Notadocumentaryorchronologicalhistory,butalyrical,subjectiveandpoetichistory.InSergeiEisenstein-AnAutobiography,wewitnessedthestormy1920sandtheblossomingcultureofthatera,inScorpion'sGardenwesawtheparanoiaoftheColdWarandthethawthatfollowed.TheDarkNight,justlikeConcertforaRatbefore,isonthesubjectofthedictatorial1930s.Kovalovhaslittlefaithinthedocumentaryasameanstofindtruth.Hedoesnotthinkthatthetruthcanbefoundwithinexistinggenres.Sohisfilmstransgressthosegenres.Documentaryandfictionarejustasdifficulttodistinguishinhisworkasfictionalcharactersfromconcretepeopleinoldnewsreelsandotherarchivefootage.ThatalsogoesforTheDarkNight.ThefilmcombinesarchivefootagefromtheThirdReichwithascriptthatislooselybasedonthefantasiesofFritzLang:alyricalthrillerwithhorrorelements.Asthestylisedblack&whiteimageshaveallbeenshotinreconstructedstudiosets,thefilmhasthemoodofthe1930scinema.