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Notes of a True Criminal
- Aleksandr Rodnyanskiy, Andriy Alferov
- Ukraine
- 2025
- 117 min
- Russian, Ukrainian
- English
After a 31-year hiatus, world-renowned producer Alexander Rodnyansky returns to documentary filmmaking with "Notes of a True Criminal". Born in Kyiv, Rodnyansky was sentenced in absentia by a Russian court to 8.5 years in prison for his anti-war stance.
In his film, Rodnyansky contemplates key events in Ukraine’s history and how they have affected him and his family; including the referendum on Ukraine’s independence, the mass execution of Jews at Babyn Yar, and the Soviet authorities’ attempt to erase the memory of this tragedy, Chernobyl, the collapse of the Soviet Union, the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Germany, and, of course, the war—the full-scale invasion by the Russian army, which began on February 24, 2022.
The author’s narrative is not focused on the events themselves but on people, human destinies, and art. Rodnyansky uses footage from his own documentaries and those of his family members to tell a new and deeply human story.
Film crew
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Director:Alexander Rodnyansky, Andriy Alferov
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Cinematographer:Oleksandr Boyko, Vadym Loshak, Denys Melnyk
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Producer:Alexander Rodnyansky
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Composer:Evgueni Galperine
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Sound operator:Volodymyr Lysenko, Vitaly Harkavyi
Information
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Theme:History, Family
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Film studio:AR Content
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Language:Russian, Ukrainian
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Subtitles:English