Kirill Serebrennikov

Kirill Semyonovich Serebrennikov (Russian: Кирилл Семёнович Серебренников; born 7 September 1969; Rostov-on-Don) is a Russian stage and film director and theatre designer. Since 2012, he has been the artistic director of the Gogol Center in Moscow. He has been described as one of Russia's leading theatre directors. Serebrennikov was born in Rostov-on-Don, Russian SFSR to a Jewish father and a Ukrainian mother. Having graduated from Rostov State University with majors in physics in 1992. Serebrennikov had no formal theatre education prior to his stage director debut in 1994. He went on directing music videos and commercials. In 2001, he staged his first production in Moscow. Serebrennikov has staged drama productions in Moscow Chekhov Theatre, Latvian National Theatre, Theatre of Nations. He has been active in opera staging productions for the Mariinsky Theatre, and the Bolshoi Theatre in Russia, where he has also been a stage director and a designer for a ballet, Komische Oper Berlin and Stuttgart Opera in Germany. Serebrennikov is one of the artistic directors of Territory Festival in Moscow. Since 2008, he is a professor of the Moscow Art Theatre School, where he has a class of actors and directors. His films have been screened at Cannes Film Festival, Locarno Film Festival, Rome Film Festival, and the Warsaw International Film Festival where his film Yuri's Day received the Grand Prix. In 2012, he was appointed artistic director of The Gogol Center. On 23 May 2017, ...

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Protest Day (2012)

A day in the life of a typical character of Russian history, "the little man": a school teacher of Russian language and literature. An intellectual and his problems at the beginning of the 21st century. A day in the life of the country which Yesenin loved. About a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergey Mokritsky
CAST:  Anatoly Kot  •  Svetlana Nemolyaeva  •  Irina Rakhmanova  •  Lyudmila Titova

A day in the life of a typical character of Russian history, "the little man": a school teacher of Russian language and literature. An intellectual and his problems at the beginning of the 21st century. A day in the life of the country which Yesenin loved. About a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergey Mokritsky
CAST:  Anatoly Kot  •  Svetlana Nemolyaeva  •  Irina Rakhmanova  •  Lyudmila Titova

Betrayal (2012)

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While examining one of her patients, a doctor reveals that her husband is cheating with the patient's wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kirill Serebrennikov
CAST:  Albina Dzhanabaeva  •  Dejan Lilikj  •  Franziska Petri  •  Artūrs Skrastiņš

While examining one of her patients, a doctor reveals that her husband is cheating with the patient's wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kirill Serebrennikov
CAST:  Albina Dzhanabaeva  •  Dejan Lilikj  •  Franziska Petri  •  Artūrs Skrastiņš

Ragin (2004)

Based on a short story "Ward No. 6" by Anton Chekhov.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kirill Serebrennikov
CAST:  Aleksey Guskov  •  Aleksandr Galibin  •  Zoya Buryak  •  Vitaliy Khaev

Based on a short story "Ward No. 6" by Anton Chekhov.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kirill Serebrennikov
CAST:  Aleksey Guskov  •  Aleksandr Galibin  •  Zoya Buryak  •  Vitaliy Khaev

Playing the Victim (2006)

A young man drops out of university and goes to the police. He's done nothing wrong he just wants a job. A particular job. Playing the victim in murder reconstructions. Maybe by getting close to death he can manage to cheat on his own.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kirill Serebrennikov
CAST:  Yuriy Chursin  •  Vitaliy Khaev  •  Anna Mikhalkova  •  Marat Basharov

A young man drops out of university and goes to the police. He's done nothing wrong he just wants a job. A particular job. Playing the victim in murder reconstructions. Maybe by getting close to death he can manage to cheat on his own.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kirill Serebrennikov
CAST:  Yuriy Chursin  •  Vitaliy Khaev  •  Anna Mikhalkova  •  Marat Basharov

The Student (2016)

A high school student becomes convinced that the world is lost to evil and begins to challenge the morals and beliefs of the adults surrounding him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kirill Serebrennikov
CAST:  Viktoriya Isakova  •  Petr Skvortsov  •  Yuliya Aug  •  Aleksandra Revenko

A high school student becomes convinced that the world is lost to evil and begins to challenge the morals and beliefs of the adults surrounding him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kirill Serebrennikov
CAST:  Viktoriya Isakova  •  Petr Skvortsov  •  Yuliya Aug  •  Aleksandra Revenko

Hardcore Henry (2015)

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Henry, a newly resurrected cyborg who must save his wife/creator from the clutches of a psychotic tyrant with telekinetic powers, AKAN, and his army of mercenaries. Fighting alongside Henry is Jimmy, who is Henry's only hope to make it through the day. Hardcore ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ilya Naishuller
CAST:  Sharlto Copley  •  Haley Bennett  •  Danila Kozlovsky  •  Tim Roth

Henry, a newly resurrected cyborg who must save his wife/creator from the clutches of a psychotic tyrant with telekinetic powers, AKAN, and his army of mercenaries. Fighting alongside Henry is Jimmy, who is Henry's only hope to make it through the day. Hardcore ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ilya Naishuller
CAST:  Sharlto Copley  •  Haley Bennett  •  Danila Kozlovsky  •  Tim Roth

Crush (2009)

Five short love stories, which become a statement of the directors about love. A shoemaker, a reporter, a pavement hooker-in, a psychiatric patient and a young man released from prison are the main characters of the film, heroes in a time of no heroes. All of them ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Boris Khlebnikov  •  Kirill Serebrennikov  •  Pyotr Buslov  •  Aleksey German Jr.  •  Ivan Vyrypaev
CAST:  Ivan Dobronravov  •  Aleksey Filimonov  •  Yulia Peresild  •  Karolina Gruszka

Five short love stories, which become a statement of the directors about love. A shoemaker, a reporter, a pavement hooker-in, a psychiatric patient and a young man released from prison are the main characters of the film, heroes in a time of no heroes. All of them ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Boris Khlebnikov  •  Kirill Serebrennikov  •  Pyotr Buslov  •  Aleksey German Jr.  •  Ivan Vyrypaev
CAST:  Ivan Dobronravov  •  Aleksey Filimonov  •  Yulia Peresild  •  Karolina Gruszka

Yuri's Day (2008)

Before leaving Russia and moving to Western Europe, famous opera singer Lyuba travels to her hometown to say goodbye and show her teenage son around. But Andrey, Lyuba’s son, disappears and she must stay in the place she hates the most to search for him. A piercing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kirill Serebrennikov
CAST:  Kseniya Rappoport  •  Roman Shmakov  •  Yevgeniya Kuznetsova  •  Sergey Sosnovsky

Before leaving Russia and moving to Western Europe, famous opera singer Lyuba travels to her hometown to say goodbye and show her teenage son around. But Andrey, Lyuba’s son, disappears and she must stay in the place she hates the most to search for him. A piercing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kirill Serebrennikov
CAST:  Kseniya Rappoport  •  Roman Shmakov  •  Yevgeniya Kuznetsova  •  Sergey Sosnovsky

After Leto (2018)

The film tells about the time in which the characters of the movie "Leto" lived. Performer of the role of "Skeptic" Alexandr Kuznetsov interviews Natalya Naumenko, Artemy Troitsky, Igor Petrovsky, Seva Novgorodtsev and Andrey Tropillo about Russian rock, the 80s, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kirill Serebrennikov
CAST:  Natalya Naumenko  •  Artemiy Troitskiy  •  Nikolay Mikhaylov  •  Igor Petrovsky

The film tells about the time in which the characters of the movie "Leto" lived. Performer of the role of "Skeptic" Alexandr Kuznetsov interviews Natalya Naumenko, Artemy Troitsky, Igor Petrovsky, Seva Novgorodtsev and Andrey Tropillo about Russian rock, the 80s, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kirill Serebrennikov
CAST:  Natalya Naumenko  •  Artemiy Troitskiy  •  Nikolay Mikhaylov  •  Igor Petrovsky

Theatre Affair (2018)

In the spring of 2017, the Investigation Committee conducted the first searches in the criminal case, which everyone now knows as the “Serebrennikov case”, “the Seventh Studio case” or “The Platform case”. Six people, among whom is a world-famous director, are ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katerina Gordeeva  •  Roman Super
CAST:  Kirill Serebrennikov  •  Semen Serebrenikov  •  Evgeny Mironov  •  Vladimir Mashkov

In the spring of 2017, the Investigation Committee conducted the first searches in the criminal case, which everyone now knows as the “Serebrennikov case”, “the Seventh Studio case” or “The Platform case”. Six people, among whom is a world-famous director, are ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katerina Gordeeva  •  Roman Super
CAST:  Kirill Serebrennikov  •  Semen Serebrenikov  •  Evgeny Mironov  •  Vladimir Mashkov

Leto (2018)

Leningrad, one summer in the early eighties. Smuggling LPs by Lou Reed and David Bowie, the underground rock scene is boiling ahead of the Perestroika. Mike and his beautiful wife Natasha meet with young Viktor Tsoï. Together with friends, they will change the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kirill Serebrennikov
CAST:  Teo Yoo  •  Roman Bilyk  •  Irina Starshenbaum  •  Philipp Avdeev

Leningrad, one summer in the early eighties. Smuggling LPs by Lou Reed and David Bowie, the underground rock scene is boiling ahead of the Perestroika. Mike and his beautiful wife Natasha meet with young Viktor Tsoï. Together with friends, they will change the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kirill Serebrennikov
CAST:  Teo Yoo  •  Roman Bilyk  •  Irina Starshenbaum  •  Philipp Avdeev

7 (2019)

The film was conceived as a story about the history of the Gogol Center Theater and the case of Kirill Serebrennikov. But the circumstances were different. This is a film about a film that could not be made.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Artem Firsanov
CAST:  Artem Firsanov  •  Kirill Serebrennikov  •  Valery Pecheykin  •  Olga Dobrina

The film was conceived as a story about the history of the Gogol Center Theater and the case of Kirill Serebrennikov. But the circumstances were different. This is a film about a film that could not be made.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Artem Firsanov
CAST:  Artem Firsanov  •  Kirill Serebrennikov  •  Valery Pecheykin  •  Olga Dobrina

Точка РФ (2018)

Documentary montage film by Alexander Vartanov, a subjective look at the beginning of the 21st century in Russia  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandr Vartanov
CAST:  Ramzan Kadyrov  •  Mikhail Khodorkovsky  •  Filipp Kirkorov  •  Dmitry Kiselyov

Documentary montage film by Alexander Vartanov, a subjective look at the beginning of the 21st century in Russia  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandr Vartanov
CAST:  Ramzan Kadyrov  •  Mikhail Khodorkovsky  •  Filipp Kirkorov  •  Dmitry Kiselyov

Bed Stories (2003)

Seven interconnecting stories that take place in Russian bedrooms. These include a son visiting his complaining bedridden mother, a middle-aged couple bickering, one soldier bullying another in an army barracks, a rich childless housewife picking up the soldier for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kirill Serebrennikov
CAST:  Aleksandr Sirin  •  Iya Savvina  •  Marina Golub  •  Natalya Kolyakanova

Seven interconnecting stories that take place in Russian bedrooms. These include a son visiting his complaining bedridden mother, a middle-aged couple bickering, one soldier bullying another in an army barracks, a rich childless housewife picking up the soldier for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kirill Serebrennikov
CAST:  Aleksandr Sirin  •  Iya Savvina  •  Marina Golub  •  Natalya Kolyakanova

I Am Katya Golubeva (2016)

The question is, whether Katya Golubeva, an icon of the European underground cinema, determined her fate with the parts she played, or the fate of her characters affected her own fate?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nataliya Yu
CAST:  Yekaterina Golubeva  •  Kirill Serebrennikov

The question is, whether Katya Golubeva, an icon of the European underground cinema, determined her fate with the parts she played, or the fate of her characters affected her own fate?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nataliya Yu
CAST:  Yekaterina Golubeva  •  Kirill Serebrennikov

Limonov: The Ballad (2024)

A revolutionary militant, a thug, an underground writer, a butler to a millionaire in Manhattan. But also a switchblade-waving poet, a lover of beautiful women, a warmonger, a political agitator, and a novelist who wrote of his greatness. Eduard Limonov’s life ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kirill Serebrennikov
CAST:  Ben Whishaw  •  Viktoriya Miroshnichenko  •  Sandrine Bonnaire  •  Tomas Arana

A revolutionary militant, a thug, an underground writer, a butler to a millionaire in Manhattan. But also a switchblade-waving poet, a lover of beautiful women, a warmonger, a political agitator, and a novelist who wrote of his greatness. Eduard Limonov’s life ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kirill Serebrennikov
CAST:  Ben Whishaw  •  Viktoriya Miroshnichenko  •  Sandrine Bonnaire  •  Tomas Arana

Das Haus der guten Geister (2020)

A documentary about the Staatsoper Stuttgart (Stuttgart State Opera) in Germany.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcus Richardt  •  Lillian Rosa
CAST:  Jossi Wieler  •  Sergio Morabito  •  Anna Viebrock  •  Kirill Serebrennikov

A documentary about the Staatsoper Stuttgart (Stuttgart State Opera) in Germany.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcus Richardt  •  Lillian Rosa
CAST:  Jossi Wieler  •  Sergio Morabito  •  Anna Viebrock  •  Kirill Serebrennikov

Petrov's Flu (2021)

A day in the life of a comic book artist and his family in post-Soviet Russia. While suffering from the flu, Petrov is carried by his friend Igor on a long walk, drifting in and out of fantasy and reality.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kirill Serebrennikov
CAST:  Semen Serzin  •  Chulpan Khamatova  •  Ivan Dorn  •  Yuri Kolokolnikov

A day in the life of a comic book artist and his family in post-Soviet Russia. While suffering from the flu, Petrov is carried by his friend Igor on a long walk, drifting in and out of fantasy and reality.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kirill Serebrennikov
CAST:  Semen Serzin  •  Chulpan Khamatova  •  Ivan Dorn  •  Yuri Kolokolnikov

Stanislavski: Lust for Life (2021)

A story about Konstantin Sergeievich Stanislavski, a twentieth-century theatre genius. Owing to his powerful extraordinary talent he managed to stay a true artist and a free spirit within the harsh Soviet system. In the film contemporary theater and film directors ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuliya Bobkova
CAST:  Marina Brusnikina  •  Yuriy Butusov  •  Lev Dodin  •  Declan Donnellan

A story about Konstantin Sergeievich Stanislavski, a twentieth-century theatre genius. Owing to his powerful extraordinary talent he managed to stay a true artist and a free spirit within the harsh Soviet system. In the film contemporary theater and film directors ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuliya Bobkova
CAST:  Marina Brusnikina  •  Yuriy Butusov  •  Lev Dodin  •  Declan Donnellan

Undressed (1998)

The film takes place in the attic of an abandoned house, where the photographer and his model climb three times. Experiencing another situation, the characters perceive it in a new way every time: tenderness and violence, sincerity and lies, fantasy and reality...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kirill Serebrennikov
CAST:  Igor Muzhzhuhin  •  Vera Novikova  •  Mariya Zhigunova  •  Stjopa Zajcev

The film takes place in the attic of an abandoned house, where the photographer and his model climb three times. Experiencing another situation, the characters perceive it in a new way every time: tenderness and violence, sincerity and lies, fantasy and reality...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kirill Serebrennikov
CAST:  Igor Muzhzhuhin  •  Vera Novikova  •  Mariya Zhigunova  •  Stjopa Zajcev
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