Paradise
By: Film Movement ; Arri Media International ; Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation ; Russia 1 TV Channel ; a Russian-German co-production of Andrei Konchalovsky's Studios and Drife Filmproduktion ; a film by Andrei Konchalovsky ; directed by Andrei Konchalovsky ; script, Andrei Konchalovsky, Elena Kiseleva ; producers, Andrei Konchalovsky and Florian Deyle
Contributors: Vysot︠s︡kai︠a︡, I︠U︡lii︠a︡, actor; Clauss, Christian, 1984- actor; Duquesne, Philippe, actor; Sukhorukov, V. (Vladimir), actor; Kurth, Peter, 1957- actor; Diehl, Jakob, actor; Voronkova, Vera, 1965- actor; Film Movement (Firm); Arri Media International; Russia (Federation). Ministerstvo kulʹtury; Channel 1 (Russia); Drife Filmproduktion; Recorded Books, LLC. RBdigital
Series: Film Movement series; Film Movement series
Published: 2018
Language: rus
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 132
Subjects: Drama; Underground movements; World War, 1939-1945; Russians; Prisons; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Other titles: Raĭ (Motion picture); Red snow.; Roter Schnee.
Work titles: Paradise (Motion picture : 2016)
Description: Not recommended for ages under 17 without parental permission.

Paradise tells the compelling story of three individuals, Olga, Jules and Helmut, whose paths cross amidst the devastation of war. Olga, a Russian aristocratic immigrant and member of the French Resistance, is arrested by Nazi police for hiding Jewish children during a surprise raid. As her punishment, she is sent to jail where she meets Jules, a French-Nazi collaborator who is assigned to investigate her case. Jules grows fond of Olga and offers to go light on her punishment in exchange for sexual favors. Although Olga agrees, and will do whatever it takes to avoid harsh persecution, her hope for freedom quickly fades when events take an unexpected turn. Shipped to a concentration camp, Olga is forced into a life of hell. To her surprise, she crosses paths with high-ranking German SS officer Helmut, who once fell madly in love with her and still harbors feelings. They re-kindle their old flame and embark on a twisted and destructive relationship. Helmut resolves to rescue Olga and offers her an escape that she no longer thought possible. Yet as time passes, and Nazi defeat looms, Olga's notion of paradise is irrevocably changed.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 2016.

Includes 23 minute bonus short film Red snow (Roter Schnee), directed by Luka Popadic; enhanced for widescreen TV (16x9).

Music by Sergei Shustitsky ; edited by Ekaterina Vesheva and Sergei Taraskin ; director of photography, Alexander Simonov.

Julia Vysotskaya, Christian Clauss, Philippe Duquesne, Vladimir Sukhorukov, Peter Kurth, Jacob Diehl, Vera Voronkova.

Not rated by the MPAA.

DVD, region 1, full screen (1:33:1) ; 5.1 surround sound, 2.0 stereo.

In Russian, German, French and Yiddish with English subtitles; closed-captioned.