Formed a decade ago in St. Petersburg, Leningrad is Russia’s most notorious and most celebrated band, and its charismatic frontman Sergey ‘Shnur’ Shnurov is the country’s biggest working-class hero. Backed by a 14-piece ska/punk army and a philosophy that ‘there is nothing more interesting than ordinary people,’ Shnurov sings songs of drinking, screwing, struggling and surviving with wicked humor, booze-fueled hope and expressive obscenity. Packed with rollicking live footage, ‘The Man Who Sings’ documents Shnurov and his band’s uncompromising approach to music, stardom and life in today’s Russia.
Peter Rippl
Peter Rippl (born in 1961) is screenwriter and director. Filmography: ‘Sehnsucht nach Rimini’ (2007), ‘Der Augenblick der Begierde’ (2003) and ‘Klassenziel Mord’ (1997) as screenwriter, ‘Winterspruch’ (1999) as director.
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группировка Ленинград
Russia, Germany
2008, 98', color, video
Directed by:
Peter Rippl
Cinematography:
Roland Bertram, Sergej Jermolenka, Ingvar Arnswald
Edited by:
Peter Rippl
Producers:
Marina Ejwadis, Janna Koschanova, Alex Romanenkow
Produced by:
best before filmproduction
