Elektro Moskva

Year
2013
Country
Austria
Duration
89’
Directors
Elena Tikhonova, Dominik Spritzendorfer

Аn essay documentary about the Soviet electronic age and its legacy. The story begins with the inventor of the world's first electronic instrument, Léon Theremin, unveiling the KGB's huge pile of fascinating devices, some of which were musical. They all came into existence as a by-product of a rampant defense industry. Nowadays, those aged and abandoned 'musical coffins', as solidly made as a Kalashnikov, are being recycled and reinterpreted by the post-Soviet generations of musicians, sound collectors and circuit benders. The story of the Soviet synthesizers is an allegory to the everyday life under the Soviet system: nothing works, but you have to make the best out of it. An electronic fairy tale about the inventive spirit of the free mind inside the iron curtain.

Production
Rotor Film, Penzingerstrasse 36-38/3/8, A-1140 Vienna, Austria, + 43 699 19710067, [email protected]
Sales:
Sixpackfilm, Neubaugasse 45/13, A-1070 Vienna, Austria, + 43 1 5260990 0, [email protected]
Director
Elena Tikhonova

Elena Tikhonova works as a film director, screenwriter, editor and VJane. Born in the science town of Obninsk. Graduated from VGIK (Moscow's Film University) in Сinematography for Feature and Documentary Films. Since 2000 she has lived and worked in Vienna. Involved in documentary as well as short and experimental film projects.

 

Selected Filmography

Dobrijvecher, Konstructor (2002), Metropolis reloaded (2007), Electro Moskva(2013,) Kaviar (in development)

Director
Dominik Spritzendorfer

Dominik Spritzendorfer was born in 1974. Works as a cinematographer and filmmaker. Studied at VGIK (Moscow's Film University). Lives in Vienna. Elektro Moskva is his first feature documentary as a director. 

 

Selected Filmography

Elektro Moskva (2013)

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