The Children of Leningradsky (2005)
35m
Running Time
August 5, 2005Release Date
The Children of Leningradsky (2005)
35m
Running Time
August 5, 2005Release Date
Plot.
Since the fall of the Iron Curtain an estimated four million children have found themselves living on the streets in the former countries of the Soviet Union. In the streets of Moscow alone there are over 30,000 surviving in this manner at the present time. The makers of the documentary film concentrated on a community of homeless children living hand to mouth in the Moscow train station Leningradsky. Eight-year-old Sasha, eleven-year-old Kristina, thirteen-year-old Misha and ten-year-old Andrej all dream of living in a communal home. They spend winter nights trying to stay warm by huddling together on hot water pipes and most of their days are spent begging. Andrej has found himself here because of disagreements with his family. Kristina was driven into this way of life by the hatred of her stepmother and twelve-year-old Roma by the regular beatings he received from his constantly drunk father. "When it is worst, we try to make money for food by prostitution," admits ..
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Cast & Crew.

Hans Jurgen Burkard
Director of Photography

Andrzej Celiński
Director / Producer / Screenplay / Director of Photography / Assistant Editor

Hanna Polak
Director / Producer / Screenplay / Director of Photography / Translator

Sara Bernstein
Production Coordinator

Ewa Romanowska-Różewicz
Editor

Michał Dominowski
Sound Editor

Geof Bartz
Supervising Film Editor

Monika Jankowiak
Producer's Assistant
Details.
Release DateAugust 5, 2005
Original NameDzieci z Leningradzkiego
StatusReleased
Running Time35m
Filming LocationsMoscow, Russia
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
drug abuse
homelessness
tragic event
railway station
moscow
woman director
child prostitution
drug addiction
orphan
street urchin
glue sniffing
post soviet
homeless child
death of a child
orphanhood
ethnic minority
separated family
homeless children
minority communities
Wiki.
The Children of Leningradsky (Polish: Dzieci z Leningradzkiego) is a 2005 Polish short documentary film about a community of homeless children living in the Leningradsky railway station in Moscow. Directed by Andrzej Celiński and Hanna Polak, it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
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