Directed by:
Andrey KonchalovskiyCinematography:
Aleksandr SimonovComposer:
Sergey ShustitskiyCast:
Yuliya Vysotskaya, Christian Clauß, Philippe Duquesne, Peter Kurth, Jakob Diehl, Viktor Sukhorukov, Вера Воронкова, Jean Denis Römer, Ramona Kunze-Libnow (more)VOD (1)
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A film that is also an admonition: stories of everyday life during World War II to remember "that this is what happened". Rai (Paradise) is a feature-length film on the intersecting destinies of three characters during the sad times of a war without precedent: Olga, an aristocratic Russian émigré now a member of the French Résistance; Jules, a French collaborator; Helmut, a high-ranking SS officer. The meaning of the film is perfectly expressed in a quote from German philosopher Karl Jaspers: "What happened is a warning. It must be continually remembered. Just as it was possible for it to happen once, it remains possible for it to happen again, at any moment. Only the knowledge of what took place can prevent it from happening again". Against the tragic background of the concentration camps, the motto is "every life has its own meaning". (Venice International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
![Yuliya Vysotskaya](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/316/316870_4de0c6.jpg)
Yuliya Vysotskaya
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Dear Comrades! (2020)
The Lion in Winter (2003) (TV movie)
House of Fools (2002)
![Christian Clauß](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/506/168506125_a5jwty.jpg)
Christian Clauß
East Germany
Best movies:
Paradise (2016)
Inga Lindström (2004) (series)
![Philippe Duquesne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/148/163148920_890c49.png)
Philippe Duquesne
France
Best movies:
A Very Long Engagement (2004)
Babysitting (2014)
Tombés du ciel (1993)
![Peter Kurth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/759/168759770_xso4zq.jpg)
Peter Kurth
East Germany
Best movies:
A Friend of Mine (2006)
Goodbye Lenin! (2003)
Wolfsburg (2003)
![Jakob Diehl](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/848/160848499_94b956.jpg)
Jakob Diehl
France
Best movies:
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
The Forgotten Battle (2020)
![Viktor Sukhorukov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505204_47c3a1.jpg)
Viktor Sukhorukov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The World Champion (2021)
The Castle (1994)
The Island (2006)
![Вера Воронкова](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/525/159525658_72ad10.jpg)
Вера Воронкова
Soviet Union
Best movies:
His Wife's Diary (2000)
The Lover (2002)
Paradise (2016)
Jean Denis Römer
Germany
Best movies:
Generation War (2013) (series)
Free Country (2019)
Wolves of Berlin (2009) (series)
![Ramona Kunze-Libnow](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/343/160343866_78bbcf.jpg)
Ramona Kunze-Libnow
East Germany
Best movies:
Picco (2010)
In the Aisles (2018)
Look Who's Back (2015)
![Sesil Plezhe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/266/163266055_0e1655.jpg)
Sesil Plezhe
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Tri muškeťora (2013)
Paradise (2016)
Intimate Parts (2013)
Mariya Karpova
Russia
Best movies:
Paradise (2016)
Side Effect (2020)
Irina Demidkina
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Battle for Sevastopol (2015)
Paradise (2016)
Zoology (2016)
Olesya Burtolik-Belotskaya
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Paradise (2016)
Thea Schnering
West Germany
Best movies:
Paradise (2016)
Philipp Basener
Best movies:
Paradise (2016)
Caroline Piette
Best movies:
Wild Innocence (2001)
Yannick (2023)
BPM (Beats Per Minute) (2017)