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Thieves By Law
Following the stories of three mafiosi-cum-businessmen, Thieves By Law paints a fascinating tableau of men that would make Tony Soprano cringe. Most intriguing, though, are their personal histories interwoven with the evolution of the Russian Mafia itself. Beginning in Stalin’s Gulags and slowly transforming into an international organization, the mafia and Code of Thieves have always directly correlated to the political struggles of the Soviet Union – reflecting society back to the government like a funhouse mirror.
Festivals and Awards:
World Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, New York, 2010; Hot Docs International Film Festival, Toronto, Canada, 2010; Doc Aviv International Film Festival, Israel, 2010; One World Film Festival, Prague, 2011; Warsaw Film Festival, 2014
Director: Alexander Gentelev
Producer: Simone Baumann, Sasha Klein, Maya Zinshtein
Production Company: S.M.S Productions, Chello Multicanal, Le Vision Film and TV Productions
Cinematographer: Sergei Freedman
Editor: Alik Baskin
Original Soundtrack: Avi Binyamin, Philippe Kumpel, Andreas Mussa
Supporter(s): New Fund for Cinema and Television; Reshet Television; ZDF/ARTE; SWR
Co-Production: Israel, Germany, Spain
Distributor: Cinephil
Subtitles: English
Film Name in Hebrew: גנבים בחוק
Category: Economy / History / International Stories
Tag Words: communism crime mafia oligarch prison Russia Soviet Union underworld Violence
Following the stories of three mafiosi-cum-businessmen, Thieves By Law paints a fascinating tableau of men that would make Tony Soprano cringe. Most intriguing, though, are their personal histories interwoven with the evolution of the Russian Mafia itself. Beginning in Stalin’s Gulags and slowly transforming into an international organization, the mafia and Code of Thieves have always directly correlated to the political struggles of the Soviet Union – reflecting society back to the government like a funhouse mirror.
Festivals and Awards:
World Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, New York, 2010; Hot Docs International Film Festival, Toronto, Canada, 2010; Doc Aviv International Film Festival, Israel, 2010; One World Film Festival, Prague, 2011; Warsaw Film Festival, 2014
Director: Alexander Gentelev
Producer: Simone Baumann, Sasha Klein, Maya Zinshtein
Production Company: S.M.S Productions, Chello Multicanal, Le Vision Film and TV Productions
Cinematographer: Sergei Freedman
Editor: Alik Baskin
Original Soundtrack: Avi Binyamin, Philippe Kumpel, Andreas Mussa
Supporter(s): New Fund for Cinema and Television; Reshet Television; ZDF/ARTE; SWR
Co-Production: Israel, Germany, Spain
Distributor: Cinephil
Subtitles: English
Film Name in Hebrew: גנבים בחוק
Category: Economy / History / International Stories
Tag Words: communism crime mafia oligarch prison Russia Soviet Union underworld Violence
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