MONDAY SEPTEMBER 8th

AMPHIBIAN MAN (Chelovek-Amfibiya) 1962
Directed by Vladimir Chebotaryov
82 minutes
In Russian with English subtitles

A 1928 science-fiction/fairy-tale, dear to generations of Russians, was brought with loving care to their cinemas in 1961 and attracted lines of adoring fans, which spanned blocks at the box offices. In case of fact it sold more than 65 million tickets. All of a sudden the supernatural \"Sea Devil\" theme music was on every Russian\'s lips throughout the country.

This is very different than, for example, Tarkovsky - much faster-paced, much more obviously crowd-pleasing, but still suffused with the intensely melancholic introspection that seems to be characteristic of most Russian culture, and it\'sa winning combination. The story concerns a sea devil which is haunting a small fishing village...but things turn out to be very different than what they seem.

This a real dream of a film, with a mystical fairy-tale mood, glittery costumes worthy of Diaghilev and wild organ music. Although it is a masterpiece of world cinema, and was a smash hit in Russia when it came out, it still has rarely ever been shown internationally...so I hope you can come to this very rare screening of this precious gem!

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 8th

CINEMANITA

Frederik Hendrikstraat 111 (Hugo de Grootplein)
Doors open at 19:30

The film starts at 20:30 sharp

Location
Frederik Hendrikstraat 111, Amsterdam



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