Whispering Pages

Whispering Pages, also transliterated as Tikhiye Stranitsy (Russian: Тихие страницы), is a 1994 Russian film directed by Alexander Sokurov. The film was a Russian-German co-production.[1]

Whispering Pages
Directed byAlexander Sokurov
Written byAlexander Sokurov
CinematographyAlexander Burov (cinematographer)
Music byMariinsky Theater Orchestra
Distributed byLenfilm Studio
Release date
1994
Running time
76 min.
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian

Plot

A man wanders slowly through the catacombs of a wrecked city, passing by ruins, listless denizens milling about, unruly mobs, and acts of mass suicide. He agrees to do some paperwork to move a dead body, but the bureaucrat who manages the forms ensnares him in Kafkaesque questions. He admits, perhaps not honestly, to a murder, and confronts a prostitute about sin, shame, and God. At the end of the film, he sits down under the statue of a lion and then disappears.

Reception

The film has won acclaim from The New York Times,[2] Variety,[3] the Chicago Tribune,[4] and the Chicago Reader.[5]

Cast
  • Alexander Cherednik - wanderer
  • Elizaveta Korolyova - prostitute
  • Sergei Barkovsky - bureaucrat

References
  1. Whispering Pages at Allmovie
  2. New York Times review
  3. "Whispering Pages". Variety. 1994-07-25. Archived from the original on 2023-05-06.
  4. Chicago Tribune review
  5. Chicago Reader review


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