Zina (1985)
November 1, 1985Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Ian McKellen
Kronfeld
George Antoni
Andre Breton
Domiziana Giordano
Zina Bronstein
Micha Bergese
Molanov
Philip Madoc
Leon Trotsky
Gaby Dellal
Stenographer
Paul Geoffrey
Lyova
Ken McMullen
Director
Eleanor Greet
Stalin's Agent
Terry James
Writer
Bryan Loftus
Cinematographer
William Hootkins
Walter Adams
Robert Hargreaves
Editor
Georges Levantis
Kharalambos
Caroline Amies
ProductionDesigner
Paul Cheetham
ProductionDesigner
Leonie Mellinger
German Stenographer
Maureen O'Brien
Natalya
Dominique Pinon
Pierre
Tusse Silberg
Jeanne
Jeff Teare
Stalin's Agent
Nik Lynn
Costume Design
Sula Loizou
Makeup & Hair
Simon Heyworth
Sound
Steve Fisher
Art Direction
Ron Anderson
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Wiki.
Zina is a 1985 award-winning film directed by Ken McMullen. It tells a story of a twentieth century Antigone, Zinaida Volkova (Domiziana Giordano), daughter of Leon Trotsky. In 1930s Berlin, Zina is being treated by the Adlerian psychotherapist Professor Arthur Kronfeld (Ian McKellen). During this psychoanalysis, which includes some hypnosis, she recalls incidents both from her own life and that of her father, as a leader of the Russian Revolution, as the holder of state power and later in exile. Against the background of the progressive deterioration of the situation in Europe, threatened by the rise of fascism and the spectre of the Second World War, Zina's identification with Antigone becomes more and more credible. What were her hallucinations begin to take objective form on the streets. The dynamics of Greek tragedy, always waiting in the wings, step forward to take control. Zina has won awards.