Movies that capture the atmosphere of the city.
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The Captivating Star of Happiness (1975)
Beautifully shot and acted costume drama about 1825 Decemberist uprising in St. Petersburg. The focus is on Russian women who followed their husbands into Siberian exile.
Piter FM (2006)
A melodrama about the lives of modern twenty-somethings in St. Petersburg. Focuses on Masha, a DJ on a popular Petersburg radio station, and Maxim, a young architect. Masha is preparing to marry (someone else) while Maxim has just won an international architectural competition and is now being invited to work in Germany.
Russian Ark (2002)
Alexsander Sokurov’s remarkable film shot in the Hermitage museum with a single take and without editing. A retrospective of Russian history from Peter and Catherine the Great through to the horrors of the 20th century; each door that opens up gallery after gallery leads the audience from one era to another.
The Stroll/“Progulka” (2003)
Fast moving docudrama-style German movie. A girl and two young men meet on Nevsky Prospekt. As they walk along the busy streets of St. Petersburg they come into contact with various people and situations. Their walk is full of laughter and tears with a love triangle and unexpected mysteries.
White Nights (1957)
Luchino Visconti’s enchanting dramatization of Dostoyevsky’s short novel. A young man meets a girl who is about to commit suicide. A tragic story of poverty, love, and betrayal unfolding on the streets and embankments of Petersburg. Though not actually filmed in the city, the film is a superb portrayal of the mystic beauty which descends on the city in the season when days don’t turn into night.
