The Prisoner of St. Petersburg

The Prisoner of St. Petersburg
Directed byIan Pringle
Written byMichael Wren
Produced byDaniel Scharf
Klaus Sungen
StarringSolveig Dommartin
CinematographyRay Argall
Edited byUrsula West
Release date
  • 1989 (1989)
Running time
78 minutes
CountriesAustralia
West Germany
LanguageEnglish
BudgetA$330,000[1]

The Prisoner of St. Petersburg is a 1989 Australian drama film directed by Ian Pringle.[2] It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.[3]

The film was the first Australian-West German co-production. It was shot over 22 days in Germany.[4] David Stratton wrote that the film "appeared to be commercially doomed from the beginning".[5]

Cast

References

  1. ^ "Production Barometer", Cinema Papers, May 1989 p40
  2. ^ Maslin, Janet (2012). "NY Times: The Prisoner of St. Petersburg". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
  3. ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Prisoner of St. Petersburg". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
  4. ^ The Prisoner of St Petersberg at Melbourne International Film Festival accessed 21 November 2012
  5. ^ David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p112


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