Competition - Focus

Naître Svetlana Staline

By Gabriel Tejedor

In 1967, in the middle of the Cold War, Joseph Stalin's only daughter goes to the American embassy in New Delhi and asks for asylum. Svetlana leaves behind her country and her two children. Hunted by the press, the KGB, and many admirers, the woman, nicknamed the Kremlin princess, will never cease to flee. From the summit of the Soviet empire to the solitude and poverty of her last years in a Wisconsin home, Gabriel Tejedor traces the destiny of a resolutely free woman, at the very heart of the century and its geopolitical challenges. Using archive footage, interviews, and animation, the film gives a voice to Svetlana, whose whole life has been shaped by international dynamics and the decisions of States.

  • Section Competition - Focus
  • Original language(s) English, French & Russian
  • Subtitle(s) English & French

Women*Memory & HistorySwitzerland


Director(s)
Gabriel Tejedor

Producers

  • Palmyre Badinier
  • Juliana Fanjul
  • Serge Gordey
  • Akka Films
  • Temps noir

World sales

  • Mediawan Rights

Cinematographer

  • Thomas Szczepanski

Music

  • Julien Painot

Sound

  • Vuk Vukmanovic

Editor

  • Maya Schmid
Duration
80'
Year
2023
Thursday 16 March

20:30

Espace Pitoëff - Théâtre

sold out - in case of cancellation, tickets will be put back on sale before the screening

With the participation of the filmmaker

Saturday 18 March

16:00

Grütli - Salle Simon

sold out - in case of cancellation, tickets will be put back on sale before the screening

With the participation of the filmmaker