Ulzhan (2007)

Réalisateur:

Volker Schlöndorff

Writers:

Jean-Claude Carrière (writer)
Regis Ghezelbash (original idea)

Release Date:

13 décembre 2007 (Germany)

Genre:

Drame

Accroche:

Love sometimes lies at the end of the world

Plot:

Somewhere in the endless steppes of Central Asia lies a treasure. One man holds the key to it, a fragment of an ancient map...

Plot Keywords:

Central Asia | Quest | Nuclear Explosion | Campfire | Nuclear Testing

Avis des utilisateurs:

Sadness on Asian steps

Ensemble

Philippe Torreton	...	Charles
Ayanat Ksenbai	...	Ulzhan
David Bennent	...	Shakuni
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Zhaina Abdieva	...	Kazakh woman
Vladimir Aryskin	...	Painter
Tanyrbergen Berdongarov	...	Patron
Marek Brodzki	...	Manager
Zhaksybek Kurmanbekov	...	Men Shaman
Olga Landina	...	Olga
Shamshagui Mendiyarova	...	Woman Shaman
Maximilien Muller	...	Eric
Andrei Passagenikov	...	Photographer
Turakhan Sadykova	...	Grand-mother
Marhabat Sarkitpueva	...	Fashion show commentator
Serguey Urimtchev	...	Geologist

Réalisé par
Volker Schlöndorff

Scénaristes (in alphabetical order)
Jean-Claude Carrière		writer
Regis Ghezelbash		original idea

Produit par
Sergei Azimov	....	co-producer
Sergei Azimov	....	executive producer
Jean-Marie Cambacérès	....	associate producer
Gaëtan Deodato	....	associate co-producer
Regis Ghezelbash	....	delegate producer
Regis Ghezelbash	....	producer
Tasbolat Merecenov	....	executive co-producer
Volker Schlöndorff	....	co-producer
Jean-Christophe Sibelya	....	associate producer
Paul Villemagne	....	associate co-producer

Musique originale
Bruno Coulais
Kuat Shildebayev

Image
Tom Fährmann

Montage
Peter R. Adam
Beatrice Pettovich

Distribution des rôles
Makhabat Sarkitpeva

Décorateur de plateau
Aleksandr Rorokin

Maquillage
Bakhitul Kasimjanova	....	makeup supervisor

Directeur de production
Shinar Borebayeva	....	assistant unit manager
Asen Kanchev	....	music production manager
Pierre-Mathieu Strube	....	production manager
Angelika Stute	....	assistant unit manager

Assistant réalisateur
Marek Brodzki	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Ruslan Adchiranov	....	ripper
Cholpan Alimhanova	....	dresser
Vladimir Chaouiski	....	chief constructor
Oleg Chein	....	special effects property master
Valentina Girekova	....	construction team
Aleksandr Iskhanov	....	chief constructor
Erjan Kipraiev	....	ripper
Akhmet Kojavekov	....	construction team
Aleksandr Kourtiakov	....	construction team
Sacha Kuvshinov	....	assistant set decorator
Erseit Manapov	....	property manager
Kanat Saourambekov	....	construction team
Helena Serdienko	....	construction team
Klysh Tchurin	....	assistant set decorator

Technicien du son
Hubert Bartholomae	....	chief sound editor
Hubert Bartholomae	....	sound designer
Samuel Beaucamps	....	post-synch engineer
Vladislav Boyadjiev	....	sound recordist
Laurent Cazot	....	sound engineer
Gautier de Faultrier	....	post-synchro assistant
Julien D'Esposito	....	boom operator
Pit Kuhlmann	....	sound editor
Philippe Mouisset	....	chief sound engineer
Jörn Poetzl	....	foley artist

Effets spéciaux
Lutz Lemke	....	digital special effects
Christian Littmann	....	lab supervisor
Markus Mastaller	....	revival operator
Josef Reidinger	....	post production & laboratory manager
Daniel Schwerdtfeger	....	rushes calibration
Bianca Stumpf	....	laboratory calibration
Andreas Thomas	....	rushes coordinator
Beate Trathnigg	....	laboratory coordinator

Visual Effects
Christopher Berg	....	visual effects producer
Christopher Chaber	....	assistant digital colourist
Willy Delgado	....	Arriscan film scanning
Geoffrey Grafwallner	....	digital supervisor
Kathie Klippe	....	Arrilaser film recording
David Laubsch	....	digital compositor
Traudl Nicholson	....	digital colourist
Daniel Plappert	....	Arriscan film scanning
Henning Raedlein	....	visual effects
Angela Reedwisch	....	key account manager: ARRI
Sascha Stiller	....	Arrilaser film recording
Steven Stueart	....	Arriscan film scanning
Manuel Voss	....	digital compositor
Tobias Wiesner	....	compositor

Camera and Electrical Department
Galim Abetov	....	third assistant camera
Simon Arevalo Saint-Jean	....	second assistant camera
Kuat Bacembinov	....	grip and electric production assistant
Sergey Bolgar	....	grip and electric production assistant
Ludwig Brunnshofer	....	electrician
Hartmut Doering	....	chief electrician
Wolfgang Krautter	....	electrician
Dobrian Pavel	....	grip and electric production assistant
Sacha Roubanov	....	camera operator: second unit
Oliver Rudolf	....	first assistant camera
Anton Rykov	....	camera crew translator
Serik Samlev	....	grip assistant
Hannes Staehle	....	key grip
Aleksandr Zaicev	....	second assistant camera

Casting Department
Irina Balzhanova	....	casting: fashion show

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Kuat Tleubaev	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Christopher Berg	....	digital intermediate producer: ARRI

Music Department
The Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra	....	orchestra
Philippe Laffont	....	music mixer
Maxime Lefevre	....	music mixer
Delan Pavlov	....	conductor: orchestra
Slim Pezin	....	music supervisor
Slim Pezin	....	musician: guitar/lap steel
Erian Sabitov	....	musician: kobyz
Christo Tanev	....	musician: cello

Transportation Department
Iva Groza	....	transportation coordinator

Divers
Maira Abdieva	....	account manager
Raya Aldyngalieva	....	production assistant
Svetlana Assenova	....	medic
Bérengère Barrier	....	production coordinator
Patricia Chichmanova	....	stage manager
Kayrbolat Erkasymov	....	safety and security manager
Goulnara Kalnazarova	....	production assistant
Meyrim Karbozov	....	stage manager
Dinara Kashaganova	....	production secretary
Sakem Khasenov	....	production assistant
Olga Klashava	....	production coordinator
Adil Kojabergenov	....	production assistant
Andrei Kopayev	....	production coordinator
Feryal Mail	....	script girl
Rusha Meirmanova	....	stage manager
Kahytgul Niasgul	....	production assistant
Dinarah Segay	....	production assistant
Pierre-Mathieu Strube	....	production coordinator
Amantai Toharov	....	stage manager assistant

Thanks
Anne Alvares Correa	....	thanks
Bolat Atabaev	....	special thanks
Naïma Cheurfa	....	thanks
Anne-Marie Durox	....	thanks
Bauzhan K. Imanallyev	....	thanks
Frédérique Moidon	....	thanks
Méline Saint-Marc	....	thanks
Ahmet U. Salmanov	....	thanks
Dagmar Schreiber	....	special thanks
Jérémy Segay	....	special thanks
Jean-Christophe Sibelya	....	special thanks
Josée Unal	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) (in coproduction with)
• Chaumet (with the participation of)
• Copernic Finances (with the participation of)
• Fly Times Pictures (delegate production)
• Kazakhfilm National Company
• Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (with the participation of)
• Total (with the participation of)
• Transasia Development (with the participation of)
• Volksfilm (co-production)
• arte France Cinéma (in co-production with)

Distributors

• Rezo Films International (2007) (worldwide) (all media) (except German speaking territories and Kazakhstan)
• Rézo Films (2008) (France) (all media)
• Sagrera TV (2008) (Spain) (all media)
• Seven Films (2007) (Greece) (all media)
• X Films (2007) (Germany) (theatrical)

Other Companies

• Agence Alvares Correa  talent agency
• Agence Alvares Correa  thanks
• Agence Terenga  talent agency
• Agence Terenga  thanks
• Aid of Innovation Project Nursultan Nazrbalev Educational Foundation  thanks
• Aiser Hotel, Almaty  thanks
• Al Farabi Hotel, Almaty  thanks
• Arnold & Richter  camera equipment provided by
• Arri  film laboratory
• Artmedia  talent agency
• Artmedia  thanks
• BKM  funding
• Capta Son  sound equipment provided by
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC)  funding
• Cofiloisirs  financial support
• Copernic Finances  thanks
• Espace Le Pro  production equipment
• Eurasia Hotel, Almaty  thanks
• Fly Times Pictures  copyright
• Forum Voyage Franklin Roosevelt  thanks
• Freedom Hotel, Kapshagai  thanks
• French Embassy in Kazakhstan  thanks
• Hyatt, Almaty  thanks
• Intercontinental, Almaty  thanks
• Jerulk Hotel, Aktau  thanks
• Kazakhfilm National Company  copyright
• Kazakhfilm National Company  lighting and grip equipment provided by
• Kazkh Embassy in France  thanks
• Kodak Pathé  photographic equipment provided by
• Leclerc SFRA/QBE France  insurance
• Mangistaunumai Gaz  thanks
• Mercur  thanks
• Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication  funding
• Multi Logistics  freight services
• Nocturnes  sound equipment provided by
• Rixos President Hotel, Astana  thanks
• Rosa Hotel, Kapshagai  thanks
• S. P. I.  freight services
• SIF 39  film score recording
• SIF309 Film & Music Productions  film score recording
• Sofia Radio Studio  recording studio
• Solid Sound  sound post-production
• Studio Capitale  post synchronization
• Studio Claudia Sound  mixing studio
• Tapages  sound equipment provided by
• Transasia Development  thanks
• Transteam  freight services
• Volksfilm  copyright

Autre(s) titre(s) :

Ulzhan (France)
Ulzhan - Das vergessene Licht (Germany)

Durée:

105 min

Pays:

Kazakhstan | Germany | France

Langue:

Français | Kazakh | Russe

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Classification:

Canada:14A | Germany:6

Company:

Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)

Connexions De Film:

Featured in "Metropolis: Cannes 2007 - Special" (2007)

Sadness on Asian steps

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

I watched this film at Istanbul Film Festival recently and it certainly placed itself among the top 3 of my favorites this year. What a way to express a man's sadness, desperate situation, and bitterness, due to the loss of his loved ones! And a wonderful way to express a woman's loyalty. It was also great pleasure to watch the wild view of the Asian steppes, while the plot slowly penetrated into my mind and heart. Last but not least, the beautiful actress and her non-exaggerated acting are worth mentioning. Being a person from an eastern culture, this film appealed a lot to me. There is a lot of spirit in the film, with a subtle expression of emotions. All in all, Schlöndorff made my day.