PARAJANOV TRIPTYCH

Kyiv Frescoes

Kivski freski

Director

Sergei Parajanov

Producer

Sergei Parajanov

Cinematographer

Oleksandr Antypenko

Editor

Maria Ponomarenko

Music

Oleksandr Antypenko

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Trailer

1966

Georgia, USSR

15 min

Color

What was supposed to become a feature-length film about the aftermath of WWII in contemporary Kiev, turned into a short collage, based on the remaining footage after all the negatives were destroyed by the authorities.

Directors' Biography

One of the greatest masters of cinema, Sergei Parajanov created two masterpieces in a row, Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1964) and The Color of Pomegranates (1969), had such legendary fans as Fellini, Godard, and Tarkovsky, and was imprisoned three times. His artworks, and particularly his Mona Lisa collages, put him in the company of Picasso and Warhol.