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still I Am Twenty (Marlen Khutsiev, SU 1964)

Ik ben twintig

Marlen Khutsiyev / SUHH, 1962 / 170 min.

This coming-of-age drama by Marlen Khutsiev from the early 1960s, the ‘Thaw’ era, is a portrait of three young men aimlessly roaming around Moscow, without any glorious Communist ideals. Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev saw a preview of the film and was not amused.

poster I Am Twenty (Marlen Khutsiev, SU 1964)
With the war in Ukraine and harsh repression meted out by Putin, Russia seems to be returning to the dictatorial era of Stalin, with a contemporary twist. Unlike in the late 1950s and early ’60s, when Nikita Khrushchev created space for political reforms, and the cultural climate became (relatively) more liberal.

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Director

Marlen Khutsiyev

Production year

1962

Country

SUHH

Original title

Zastava Iljitsja

Length

170 min.

Language

Russian

Subtitles

NLD

Format

35mm

Part of

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Eye’s collection includes a wealth of classics. With the Eye Classics series, Eye brings film history even closer. Every week, we screen at least three classics from the collection under one recognisable name: Eye Classics.

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