Zina (1985)
November 1, 1985Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Ron Anderson
George Antoni
Andre Breton
Micha Bergese
Molanov
Gaby Dellal
Stenographer
Paul Geoffrey
Lyova
Domiziana Giordano
Zina Bronstein
Eleanor Greet
Stalin's Agent
William Hootkins
Walter Adams
Georges Levantis
Kharalambos
Philip Madoc
Leon Trotsky
Ian McKellen
Kronfeld
Leonie Mellinger
German Stenographer
Maureen O'Brien
Natalya
Dominique Pinon
Pierre
Tusse Silberg
Jeanne
Jeff Teare
Stalin's Agent
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Wiki.
Zina is a 1985 award-winning film directed by Ken McMullen. It tells a story of a twentieth century Antigone, Zinaida Volkova (Domiziana Giordano), daughter of Leon Trotsky. In 1930s Berlin, Zina is being treated by the Adlerian psychotherapist Professor Arthur Kronfeld (Ian McKellen). During this psychoanalysis, which includes some hypnosis, she recalls incidents both from her own life and that of her father, as a leader of the Russian Revolution, as the holder of state power and later in exile. Against the background of the progressive deterioration of the situation in Europe, threatened by the rise of fascism and the spectre of the Second World War, Zina's identification with Antigone becomes more and more credible. What were her hallucinations begin to take objective form on the streets. The dynamics of Greek tragedy, always waiting in the wings, step forward to take control. Zina has won awards.