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On January, 27 - THE NIGHT OF ISAAC BABEL: HOW IT WAS DONE IN ODESSA!
 Isaac Babel, a son of a Jewish trader, grew in a many-sided seaport Odessa, and won worldwide recognition by his book “Cavalry” in twenties of the twentieth century. Obsessed by idea to reflect enormous political and cultural changes in the Soviet Union, he found himself in the field of Stalin’s vision lately. In 1939 Stalin’s “sleuths” arrested and tortured him. In 1940 they killed him in one of the Moscow prisons.
After reading of fragments of the book, a discussion about works and life of Babel in foreshortened of the Stalin’s repressions will take place.
Based on materials “Statement for media”, The Friedrich Ebert Fund, 10 April 2006.
Composition by Mark Weil
Set design by Vasily Uriev
Assistant to director Maxim Fadeev
Ñoncertmaster – Olga Asminkina
Speech Teacher Olga Volodina
Anton Pakhomov from the Author
In «from the author» text used chapters from the book of Dr. Reinhard Krumm «Isaac Babel. Biography.»
Tales by Isaac Babel are read by:
Nargis Abdullaeva - «Jesus’ Sin»
Alyona Lustina & Evelina Yusupova - «Mama, Rimma & Alla »
Nargis Abdullaeva, Alyona Lustina & Evelina Yusupova - «About Georgian man, kerenka and a general’s daughter»
Gleb Kosikhin - Novel «Letter» from «Konarmiya»
Vsevolod Suchkov, Konstantin Kolesov - «Dairies of Konarmia, 1920»
Tyler Polumsky, Gleb Kosikhin - «Benia Krik»
music:
«Polushko-pole» Russian folk song, variations on the themes – «Cinematography», «Forgive, Farewell, Odessa-mother», «Vragu ne sdaetsya nash gordii Variag», «Suliko», Jewish folk songs, Gershwin, J.S Bach, F. Chopin.
Fragments from motion pictures:
«Battleship Potyomkin» by Sergey Eisenstein, «Benia Krik » by V. Vilner
The premiere took place on May 23, 2006.
Duration of the performance 1 hour 45 min.
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