After seven years in a Soviet labor camp in Karaganda, the Estonian artist Ülo Sooster (1924‒1970) didn’t return to his homeland but settled in Moscow and became the most influential trend-setter for a whole generation of Soviet non-conformist artists.
In 1962 he exhibited his work Eye in the Egg at the anniversary art exhibition "30 Years of the Moscow Artists' Union" at Moscow Manege that later was a turning point in the acceptance of modern art. It resulted in Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev’s angry rant against "filth, decadence and sexual deviations" who threatened to send the artists to Siberia. Sooster replied with bitter humor ...
Director: Lilija Vjugina
Production Firm(s) | Baltic Film Production |
Film Category | Documentary, Portrait |
Text / Dialogue | Estonian, Russian |
Subtitles | Estonian, Russian |
Duration | 84:00 |
Executive Producer | Marianna Kaat | Maia Avelitševa |
Producer | Sergei Voronin | Lilija Vjugina | Andrei Tšeglakov |
Director | Lilija Vjugina |
Screenwriter | Lilija Vjugina |
Cinematographer | Sergei Sõrbu |
Composer | Timo Steiner |
Sound Designer | Dmitri Natalevitš |
Editor | Sergei Voronin |
Content Editor | Natalja Kasjanova | Vivika Urbla |