LENIN and HIS FRIENDS CINEMATOGRAPHIC PHANTASMAGORY by Iliya Khotinenko
SYNOPSIS
The cease of power in Russia in 1917 is shown as a result of a shady operation, a heist, performed by a small group led by Lenin. Similar in cunning to a Las Vegas three casinos heist, performed by Ocean’s crew in the “Ocean’s Eleven”. Crucial element to the story is that Lenin didn’t actually make use of the current political situation nor has he relied on peoples masses (as told by the official text books), but rather that the revolution was achieved solely by the ten members of Lenin’s crew. All made possible simply with the mastery of illusions and fantastically calculated details of the entire operation. Therefore, the genre of the movie is a fast-paced adventure phantasmagorical action comedy.
CHARACTERS
Lenin – professional con artist, with quite a weight in the business, in love with Krupskaya and Inessa Armand simultaneously, a brain behind the heist and the operation’s leader. Krupskaya – Lenin’s right hand, operation’s coordinator; jealous of Lenin’s fixation with Armand. Trotskiy – cocaine abusing genius, Lenin’s competitor, but prefers to play second roles and stay in the shadows; acts as a Trojan horse for the heist. Sverdlov – gangster, has brothers in Chicago and Paris, charismatic, valuable to the operation for his ability to perform radical elements of the plan. Kamenev and Zinoviev – two dolts, inseparable odd couple, valuable as an extra set of hands. Dzerzhinsky – ascetic, Polish aristocrat, inventor and maker of all kinds of “magical gizmos”, especially valuable member of the crew. Parvus – financier and protector of the whole operation. Kollontai – sex crazed vamp, a seducer, she knows all the enemy’s weak spots, ready for expressive impromptu acts, in love with sailor Dybenko. Dybenko – sailor, incredible raw dumb physical strength. Stalin – part of the crew by mistake; everyone expected Kamo, instead Koba (Stalin’s nickname) came along. He is a total dork and everyone makes fun of him; forced to perform the most boring elements of the operation. Inessa Armand – Lenin’s love interest, also Kerenskiy’s lover, as a result of that she incidentally becomes entangled in the operation. And their rival and nemesis – Kerenskiy – big shot maniacal perfectionist, head of the Provisional government, controls the Russian Empire. Surrounded by top notch security forces and cannot even imagine that a measly bunch of con artists will expunge him of everything he owns.
AUTHORS
ILIYA KHOTINENKO director, screenplay author
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YEVGENIYA VILSHANSKAYA producer
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KIRILL NERSESYAN producer IMDB PAGE
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