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The Competitors: Russia's Child Prodigies

04/29/2010

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1hr 38min

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Documentary

STORY

At the age of seventeen, Irina Chistyakova looks back at an international concert career spanning ten years. Irina is the youngest of the four protagonists of the film Russia's Wonder Children made in 2000. By now seventeen years old, she is going through a drama that many prodigies experience: while they were children, they were able to stun audiences with the contrast of their delicate appearances and precocious talents. Like Irina, Nikita Mndoyants (18), Dmitry Krutogolovy (19), and Elena Kolesnichenko (25), are still showered with praise and distinction. But what price did they have to pay for it?

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Elena Kolesnitschenko
  • Irina Tschistjakowa
  • Dmitri Krutogolovy
  • Nikita Mndoyants
  • Enrique Bátiz

    Director

  • Irene Langemann

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Lichtfilm
  • ARTE
  • RBB
  • WDR

    Production Countries

  • Germany
  • Russia

LANGUAGES

  • English
  • German
  • Russian

Cast

Elena Kolesnitschenko

Irina Tschistjakowa

Dmitri Krutogolovy

Nikita Mndoyants

Enrique Bátiz

Andrej Ovchinnikov

Michael Russ