Original title : "ALBATROS. LES RUSSES BLANCS A PARIS" (Albatros. White Russian in Paris)

A documentary film by Alexandre Moix

52 minutes

2017, FRANCE, RUSSIA

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During the night of February 8, 1920, in Yalta, in the south of Russia, a group of Russian filmmakers embarked illegally on a boat leaving for France. They are White Russians running away from the Bolshevik terror. They are film producers, directors, actors, actresses, screenwriters, cameramen, decorators, costume designers ... They settle in Montreuil near Paris, in a little film studio belonging to the Pathé society. Far from their homeland, they will invent a cinema which will, through its inventiveness and talent, upsets the history of the French cinema.

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Delegate producer : Nicolaï Iaroshenko (AR Production)

Coproducers : Patrick Buisson, Elisabeth Hagstedt (La Chaîne Histoire), Denis Kovalevsky (Studio Sol/Киностудия Соль), La Cinémathèque française et Studio Albatros Productions

With the help of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, the participation of the CNC and in partnership with MOSFILM Studios.

Historical councellor : Françoise Navailh

Camera : Cyril Bron et Boris Kirisenko

Editing : Morgan Le Pivert

Sound : Michel Tarantola

Composer : Vadim Sher

Comments and voice over : Macha Méril

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