BUDDHA'S LITTLE FINGER
synopsis
It is the 1991 coup in the Soviet Union. Pyotr Voyd, a young gangster awakes in the notorious prison of Lubyanka, captured by the KGB. During the interrogation process he loses his memory and believes that he is a Russian Revolutionary poet in 1919 where he joins the real-life Red Army hero Vasily Chapayev and his sidekick machine gunner Anna.
| international title: | Buddha's Little Finger |
| original title: | Buddha's Little Finger |
| country: | Germany, Canada, Russia |
| year: | 2015 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Tony Pemberton |
| film run: | 84' |
| release date: | DE 06/08/2015 |
| screenplay: | Tony Pemberton, William Jennings |
| cast: | Toby Kebbell, Karine Vanasse, Stipe Erceg, Christoph Bach, Ivan Shvedoff |
| cinematography by: | Stéphanie-Anne Weber-Biron |
| film editing: | Anja Siemens, Elisabeth Tremblay |
| art director: | Tobias Frank |
| costumes designer: | Sandra Klaus |
| producer: | Karsten Stöter, Benny Drechsel, Martin Paul-Hus |
| co-producer: | Frank Evers, Helge Neubronner, Andreas Eicher |
| production: | Rohfilm GmbH, cine plus Filmproduktion, Amerique Film |
| backing: | Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM), Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (MBB), SODEC, Telefilm Canada, Media Development Programme |
| distributor: | Farbfilm Verleih GmbH |
