Resurrection (2001 film)

• Stefania Rocca: Katjuscha
• Timothy Peach: Dimitrij
• Marie Bäumer: Missy
• Cécile Bois: Mariette
• Eva Christian: governess
• Sonia Gessner: Zia Maria
• Giulia Lazzarini: Zia Sofia
• Marina Vlady: Zia Duchessa
• Giulio Scarpati: Simonson

The Resurrection ( Original title: Resurrezione ) is an Italian- French- German film from 2001 The film was based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy Resurrection. .

Action

The pretty Katjuscha earned her living as a prostitute. She is accused of murder, and one of the jurors, the Prince Dmitri Nekhludoff to judge them. Dimitrij recognizes the woman in his high school sweetheart again, in which he had been in love many years ago during a summer that he had then never seen again. Katjuscha expecting a child by him, which, however, lost. Then she began to work as a prostitute.

The jury come to the conclusion that Katjuscha is innocent. When she is still convicted of a technicality, Dimitrij trying to enforce their pardon. Katyusha is meanwhile deported to Siberia. Dimitrij follows her and makes her a marriage proposal. Despite the positive decision on pardon Katyusha rockets, which they soon reached from Moscow, the two lovers do not come together. Katjuscha not believe Dimitrij his honest love, but thinks that it arose out of his bad conscience. Therefore, marries the political prisoner Simonson.

Background

Filming on The resurrection took place in St. Petersburg, Prague and Bratislava.

Reviews

" Lavishly produced and fitted, ambitious played Tolstoy adaptation as a TV movie, the psychologically coherent describes the process of self-discovery and the Incarnation. "

" Strong emotions with best occupation. "

Awards

The film won the main prize at the International Film Festival in Moscow 2002.