Brutus (2016 film)
2016 film by Costa Fam
Brutus (Russian: Брут) is a short film directed by Konstantin Fam of 2015, the second novel of the film trilogy "Witnesses" and the sequel of the "Shoes", dedicated to the memory of Holocaust victims.
Plot
“Brutus” continues the concept of "Witnesses" trilogy and tells us story of the Holocaust through the eyes of a German Shepherd dog Brutus. The Nuremberg Laws have separated the dog with his favorite mistress, Jewish woman. In the process of training and taming Brutus becomes a concentration camp beast-killer. The film is based on a novel of a Czech writer Ludvik Ashkenazy.
Crew
Director: Konstantin Fam
Composer: Egor Romanenko
Producers: Konstantin Fam, Ian Fisher Romanovsky, Alexey A. Petruhin, Yuri Igrusha, Egor Odintsov
Script: Konstantin Fam
Cinematography: Giora Bejach
Cast
Oksana Fandera- Rosanna
Filipp Yankovsky - Horst
Vladimir Koshevoi - Leo
Anna Churina - Clara
Maria Zykova - Ada
Marta Drozdova - Martha
Production
Filmmakers from Russia, Romania, Israel, the United States, Moldova, Belarus and the Czech Republic participated in the production.
The film was created with the financial support of the Ministry for Culture of Russia, as well as private philanthropists.
Art features
The crew used a variety of filming techniques. The main aim was to show the events through the dog's eyes.
Konstantin Fam:
-Our film will be tough, but entirely pacifist in nature.
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