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PRODUCTION TEAM
Director :
Paul Jenkins
Script :
Paul Jenkins
Photography :
Andrei Erastov
Editor :
Ian Meller
Cast :
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SOLDAT
The Russian Army, up close and personal, the first time a foreign television production has been allowed extensive and long-term access. The film follows conscripts drafted as a cheap alternative to the professional army Russia can no longer afford. For two years, recruits are sucked into a highly ritualized and hierarchical system of barrack room hazing, brutality and humiliation called dedovshchina ("the rule of the grandfathers"). They emerge fundamentally changed. Junior and senior officers are seen struggling against seemingly endless woe in an army starved of basic resources. Though most maintain a grim humour, the results are shocking and sad.
Paul Jenkins
After studying Russian at the University of London, Paul Jenkins began his career as an investigative journalist and has produced and/or directed many reports and documentaries for Channel 4, the BBC and the Japanese network, NHK. His filmography includes: RUSSIA'S DEEP SECRETS (1994), AIRPLANESKI! (1995), MOSCOW, WE HAVE A PROBLEM (1998), A CRY FROM THE GRAVE (1999), and GERMANY'S YOUNG GUNS (1999).
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