Once upon a time, in a faraway land, there lived a boy named D. One day, the army summoned him – a fate he dreaded. Desperate to escape, he asked the Mysterious Lake for guidance. The lake sent him into the Underground World, where lost souls would help him seek a way out.
His documentary encounters become increasingly surreal and dangerous,
and his tragic story slowly transforms into an opera of horror and salvation.
Once upon a time, in a faraway land, there lived a boy named D.
One day, the army summoned him – a fate he dreaded.
Desperate to escape, he asked the lake for guidance.
The lake sent him into the underground world, where lost souls would help him seek a way out.
His documentary encounters become increasingly surreal and dangerous,
and his tragic story slowly transforms into an opera of horror and salvation.
One day, the army summoned him – a fate he dreaded.
Desperate to escape, he asked the lake for guidance.
The lake sent him into the underground world, where lost souls would help him seek a way out.
His documentary encounters become increasingly surreal and dangerous,
and his tragic story slowly transforms into an opera of horror and salvation.
Opera of Horror and Salvation
(TRAILER) | short film
This 20-minute-long short film is an anti-war statement, featuring 14 minutes of an original opera score recorded with a real choir and two soloists. The libretto is written in Russian poetic verse, with rhyme and rhythm, and has been translated into English and German by professional poets. The film consists of staged scenes filmed in real documentary settings, as well as actual documentary footage from a military office, where the film’s actor underwent a real medical examination before enlisting in the regular army.
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