The Russia I Lost
An elusive quest in which Tatyana Movshevich – who may never return to Russia
- delves into her cultural past.
Having left Russia perhaps for the last time, Tatyana Movshevich strives to define her Russian-ness for her children, by reaching back through poetry and music and family narrative, to an unwitnessed past. A rediscovery and a rewriting of her cultural story.
Cast
Vasily ….. Joel MacCormack
Klavdiya ….. Rhiannon Neads
Moisei ….. Daniel Rabin
Lydia ….. Dorothea Myer-Bennett
Lieutenant ….. Greg Kolpakchi
Tanya ….. Liza Moody
Singer ….. Polina Shepherd
Director, Jessica Dromgoole
Sound, Pete Ringrose
Producer, Monica Whitlock
Writer, Tatyana Movshevich
Thanks to Justus van de Kamp, Karen Polak, Itzik Gottesman, Donald Rayfield
and Anna Pilkington.
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