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The Silver Skates (film)
''The Silver Skates'' (russian: Сере́бряные коньки́, Serebryanye konki), aka ''City of Ice'' (Portuguese: ''Cidade de Gelo'') is a 2020 Russian epic period romantic adventure film directed by Michael Lockshin in his feature directorial debut, with a screenplay written by Roman Kantor, and produced by Petr Anurov. The film is based on the American novel ''Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates'' by Mary Mapes Dodge. The story is set in the late 19th century in Saint Petersburg, capital of the Russian Empire. The city's ice-covered rivers and canals act as broad avenues, traversed on ice-skates and sleds, with markets and winter festivals on the ice. Social classes mix in this winter wonderland, and the courier Matvey crosses paths with the aristocrat Alisa is an intellectual girl, close to a noble family. The film stars Fedor Fedotov and Sofya Priss, alongside Kirill Zaytsev, Yuri Borisov, Aleksei Guskov, Severija Janusauskaite, Yuri Kolokolnikov, Timofey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Lockshin (film Director)
Michael Lockshin (russian: Михаил Локшин) (born 1981) is a film director and writer. Biography Lockshin was born in 1981 in the USA. As a kid he grew up in both the US and Russia, and then moved to London. Lockshin graduated with a MA degree in Psychology from Moscow States University. While still studying he started working in film, and soon began directing commercials and music videos. His commercial works won numerous awards, including Cannes Lions Young Director's Awards, Golden Drum, and others. The David Duchovny ad (2014) went viral internationally. Lockshin's debut feature film, ''The Silver Skates (film), Silver Skates'', was released theatrically Christmas 2020 in Russia to high acclaim. The movie became the first Russian-language Netflix Originals movie. It premiered as the Opening Film of the Moscow International Film Festival. At the 20th Golden Eagle Award (Russia), Golden Eagle Awards (2021), ''Silver Skates'' was nominated for 12 awards, a recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
