{"id":6579,"date":"2022-05-29T13:07:19","date_gmt":"2022-05-29T11:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/?p=6579"},"modified":"2022-05-29T21:30:36","modified_gmt":"2022-05-29T19:30:36","slug":"film-based-in-konigsberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/film-based-in-konigsberg\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make a film based in K\u00f6nigsberg"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Wisdom of Filming at Nizovie Museum<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Published: 29 May 2022 ~ How to make a film based in K\u00f6nigsberg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"How
Lead actress, Elena Borovzova – a lady in red – in Yury Grozmani’s Last Tango in K\u00f6nigsberg<\/em><\/strong> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

THE LAST DAY OF FILMING as far as we were concerned for Yury Grozmani\u2019s Last Tango in K\u00f6nigsberg<\/em> (a film made with the support of the Presidential Foundation for Cultural Initiatives) <\/em>took place today on 26 May at Ivan Zverev\u2019s atmospheric museum in Nizovie<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was fighting a private battle with a decaying wisdom tooth. \u201cYou\u2019re such a hero,\u201d my good lady wife never said, \u201cfor ignoring your pain and going ahead with the film.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to make a film based in K\u00f6nigsberg<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Arthur Eagle, the film\u2019s production enforcer, promised that the filming wouldn\u2019t take long. If I remember rightly, I believe he said ten minutes. Of course, he was rather economical with the truth, and we were there all day, sometimes in the sun, sometimes in the rain but mostly in the wind and cold. It was one of those days that managed to fit all four seasons into one afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Mick
Mick Hart playing a role in Yury Grozmani’s film at Nizovie Museum, Kaliningrad, Russia<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

My scene came first. It was done in a couple of takes; that\u2019s professional for you! But thereafter came lots of hanging about. My wife, Olga, had agreed to take a part in the production, and unbeknown to us the scene in which she had been cast would not take place until a good while later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Olga
Aleksandr Kostenko, commandant<\/strong>, with Olga Hart and Inara Eagle in Yury Grozmani’s<\/strong> Last Tango in K\u00f6nigsberg<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As stated in my previous post<\/span><\/a>, famous and even not so famous actors performing for the large or not so large screen are no strangers to hanging around. After a short induction it quickly becomes something of a skill, kicking your heels whilst each scene is repeated umpteen times; first filmed this way, then filmed that way, a camera angle from here, a camera angle from there, a close up followed by a closer close up; and all this without including numerous takes and retakes and the repetition of parts of scenes for homing in on and improving sound quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"How
Cameraman at work on Yury Grozmani’s WWII film. Location: NIzovie Museum, Russia<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I was not too perturbed about playing the waiting game as Nizovie museum is my kind of place: an old building, imaginatively restored and with the additional bonus of being extremely full of antique and obsolete items ~ including my wisdom tooth (\u201cAnd the rest!\u201d ~ who said that?).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Mick
Mick Hart with actor & Hanomag owner Michail Gvozdenko<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Olga
Olga Hart with Hanomag on the film set of Yury Grozmanl’s Last Tango in K\u00f6nigsberg<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Another plus of waiting was that later in the day the last scene to be shot outside would feature the 1927 Cadillac, a Soviet Gaz-67 and also the Hanomag, the car that had a starring role in the film noir, Agnes<\/em>, recently shown at Waldau Castle<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Soviet
Gaz-67 and Hanomag<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As the weather travelled through its yearly cycle in under six hours, Olga and I took refuge in the Hanomag, where we were able to furnish ourselves with some rather nice photographs of a vintage car so thoroughly German that I could almost feel the Gestapo breathing down my neck. In fact, it was Yury Grozmani, the writer and producer of the film, urging me to take part in a scene for which I had not been scheduled. And so it came to pass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coaching for this scene took place behind Mr Zverev\u2019s car. It occurred to me that there was every possibility that this was the first time that I had stood behind a 1927 Cadillac wearing a 1940s\u2019 trilby with a Russian gent waiting to cue me for a film sequence. Before going on he said to me, \u201cTry to look tragic.\u201d What else, I thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Mick
Mick Hart with Ivan Zverev’s 1927 Cadillac<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The last scene of the day was filmed outside on the forecourt and upon the steps leading to the museum.  A gale force wind had blown in from somewhere with a rather nasty edge to it, but it was worth getting your wisdom tooth cold for just to see the combination of all three vehicles in close proximity and in the conjoining presence of uniformed Soviet actors<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are still quite a few scenes left to be shot before the film is in the can, but my bit is complete. My next act, which will take considerably more skill to master, is trying to look brave at the dentists!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*The film is made with the support of the Presidential Foundation for Cultural Initiatives<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related posts<\/span><\/strong>
>> K\u00f6nigsberg in WWII Nazi Spies & a 1927 Cadillac<\/a>
>> 1927 Bootleggers’ Cadillac is the Star in Kaliningrad Film<\/a>
>> A Film set in K\u00f6nigsberg during WWII<\/a><\/span>

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