Far Away from St. Petersburg
MovieTitle | Far Away from St. Petersburg |
User score | 7.7 |
Release date | Jan 30, 1993 |
Genre | Comedy |
Director | Alexander Hahn |
Production country | Latvia, Austria |
Production companies | Adi Mayer Film |
Run time | 79 min. |
Iwan Rabcynski, born in St. Petersburg (Florida), writes Russian melodramas under the pseudonym "John F. Romanoff. He gets his inspiration in Brooklyn, his chosen home. His new novel, which is meant to be autobiographical, begins with his Russian great grandfather in St. Petersburg in 1882 and follows three generations as they survive the country's political upheavals.