Parajanov: The Last Spring

Synopsis

Made in wartime and edited in candlelight, Mikhail Vartanov's rarely-seen masterpiece tells about his friendship with the genius Sergei Parajanov who was imprisoned by KGB "at the peak of his artistic power". Vartanov takes us back with the scenes from his censored 1969 film The Color of Armenian Land where Paradjanov is at work on his suppressed chef-d'oeuvre The Color of Pomegranates - widely regarded as one of the greatest films of all time - and contrasts it with the shocking request Parajanov sent him in unpublished 1974 letters from the Soviet prisons. Vartanov's camera documents Parajanov's striking last day at work in 1990 during the making of the unfinished Confession. A monumental wordless montage - the entire sixth reel - concludes Vartanov's acclaimed documentary, which, despite the prohibitive conditions it was created in, won the admiration of many of cinema's greatest artists, including Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese.

Main Cast

Sergei Parajanov

Himself

Age : 66 | Popularity : 8%

Mikhail Vartanov

Himself

Age : 87 | Popularity : 3%

Sofiko Chiaureli

Mother in 'The Confession'

Age : 70 | Popularity : 21%

Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy

Himself, Tarkovsky's actor

Age : 49 | Popularity : 9%

Svetlana Shcherbatyuk

Herself

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Suren Parajanov

Himself

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Screenplay	Sergei Parajanov Mikhail Vartanov Martiros Vartanov
Directing	Director	Sergei Parajanov Mikhail Vartanov
Crew	Cinematography	Mikhail Vartanov
Department	Role	Name

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