
The Children Play Russian
A famous French filmmaker is hired by a major Hollywood producer to make a documentary on the state of post-Cold War Russia. The filmmaker, though, subverts the project by stubbornly remaining in France and casting himself as the title character of Dostoyevsky's "The Idiot," offering up a series of typically Godardian musings on art, politics, the nature of images and the future of cinema.
DocumentaryDrama
The Children Play Russian
Rating
5.7/10
Release Date
1993-08-08
Runtime
58 minutes
Status
Released
Cast

László Szabó
Jack Valenti: The producer

Jean-Luc Godard
The idiot: Prince Mishkin

Bernard Eisenschitz
Harry Blount

André S. Labarthe
Alcide Jolivet

Bénédicte Loyen

Polina Kutepova
the maid, Chekhov's sister

Kseniya Kutepova
the maid, Chekhov's sister

Irina Apeksimova
Anna Karenina

Aude Amiot
Mademoiselle Amiel / Anna Karénine

Marie Borowski

Benjamin Kraatz
Prince André
Production Companies
Cecco Films
JLG Films

Vega Film