KARAGANDA

*КАРАГАНДА* / *KARAGANDA*

RUSSIAN TRACE

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MAX WEISSBERG

USA, 2024
120'

20 Apr, Sa

20:00

POKLONKA CINEMA

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25 Apr, Th

20:45

Karo 11 Oktyabr, Hall 8

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Set in 1994

Vladimir is a Russian-speaking gangster in New York and a member of the Vory v Zakonye, an elite criminal group going back to the time of the czars. When a problem emerges with Vladimir’s arms smuggling business, he travels to a Russian airbase with a suitcase full of fake cash. His attempt to dupe the local mafia fails, however, and the airbase is destroyed in a violent shootout. Though he escapes, Vladimir’s business and family are threatened in the ensuing mafia war. Later he’s reunited with an old friend from the Soviet prison camps, Aleksei. Something about Aleksei’s past doesn’t add up, however.

Script	MAX WEISSBERG
Camera	DERRICK COHAN
Design	ELENA COZLOVSCHI
Music	NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Producer	NINA GORTINSKI, EDWIN MEJIA JR., MAX WEISSBERG, EGO MIKITAS
Cast	KONSTANTIN LAVYSH, NIKITA BOGOLYUBOV, DIMITER MARINOV, NATASHA BLASICK, RICHIE STEPHENS, ALEXANDER KARAVAY, EGO MIKITAS
Production	KARAGANDA, LLC; Luftmenschfilms