Gofmaniada
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| Directed by | Stanislav Sokolov |
| Produced by | Akop Kirakosyan |
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E. T. A. Hoffmann Victor Slavkin Stanislav Sokolov |
| Starring |
Slava Polunin Anvar Libabov Natalya Fisson Vladimir Koshevoy |
| Music by | Shandor Kallosh |
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90 minutes |
| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
Hoffmaniada (Russian: Гофманиа́да; Gofmaniada) is a stop motion-animated feature film from Russian studio Soyuzmultfilm. The concept and all of the art design was done by Mikhail Shemyakin and it is being directed by Stanislav Sokolov.
It will be based on the tales of E. T. A. Hoffmann. The film will use puppet animation exclusively and will avoid using computer animation for special effects. The first 20 minutes of the film were screened on November 20, 2006, in Saint Petersburg and received positive reactions from various news outlets. A November 11, 2006 article said that the money to continue filming could not be found in Russia and that the filmmakers would probably try to find Western investors. A November 18, 2008 article said that the necessary money was finally given by the government. The finished film will run around 78 minutes and, as of June 2015, is expected to be released in early 2016.
The film will be based around three of Hoffmann's tales (Klein Zaches, The Golden Pot and The Sandman), with the main character being Hoffmann himself. In particular, it will focus on the duality between the imaginative universe of his writings and his real-life profession as a government clerk (which will be based on his letters and journals).
The project was initiated by Soyuzmultfilm director Akop Kirakosyan (Акоп Киракосян), who invited Shemyakin to the project; the idea of doing a film about E. T. A. Hoffmann's stories was Shemyakin's. Work began in 2001. It is the biggest project that the Soyuzmultfilm studio has worked on since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The 22 puppets which were used in the first 20 minutes of the film were brought to the November screening. Each puppet took no less than a month to make. Actual filming for the pilot began in late 2005, and the first 13 minutes were screened in late November 2005.
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