Episode 520 · Film year 1998
Khrustalyov, My Car! (1998)
- Special Guests
- Jonathan Brent, Guy Seligmann
- Guest Co-Hosts
- Gianna D'Emilio, Spencer Parsons
Show notes
Released in 1989, Aleksey German's Khrustalyov, My Car! is set in 1953 against the death of Josef Stalin and his "Doctor's Plot". The film centers on General Klensky, a huge man with a penchant for cigars and cognac-laced tea, who is doomed to be replaced by a double who will give the right answers during his inevitable show trial.
Gianna D’Emilio (opens in a new tab) and Spencer Parsons (opens in a new tab) join Mike to discuss this chaotic film (which was lambasted upon its screening at Cannes). Professor Jonathan Brent (opens in a new tab) (author of Stalin's Last Crime: The Doctor's Plot) talks about the state of the Soviet Union in 1953 while producer Guy Seligmann provides the history of the film.
Gianna D’Emilio (opens in a new tab) and Spencer Parsons (opens in a new tab) join Mike to discuss this chaotic film (which was lambasted upon its screening at Cannes). Professor Jonathan Brent (opens in a new tab) (author of Stalin's Last Crime: The Doctor's Plot) talks about the state of the Soviet Union in 1953 while producer Guy Seligmann provides the history of the film.
Labels: 1998 Aleksei German Gianna D'Emilio Guy Seligmann Jonathan Brent Spencer Parsons
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Music credits
- "Gasthaus Zum Lachenden Stalin" - Jan Delay
- "Goodbye Lenin, Hello Stalin" - Kullhammar Osgood Vgan
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