Visiting the Minotaur

Visiting the Minotaur (1987)

Визит к минотавру

The detective story is based on the search for Antonio Stradivari's missing violin. This is one storyline of the film, but there is also a second, historical storyline that takes the viewer back to the 17th century and focuses on the life of the Master and his work on the violin.

Date of release
1987-11-09
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (12)
Genres
History, Drama, Crime, Mystery
Director
Eldor Urazbaev

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Visit to Minotaur

Visit to Minotaur is a Soviet TV serial detective film based on the eponymous novel by the Vayner Brothers, shot by the director Eldor Urazbayev in 1987.

Filming

The foundation of the novel by the Vainer brothers written in 1972 was based on a real story. The prototype for the image Polyakov was the outstanding Soviet violinist David Oistrakh. In 1968, his apartment where he kept a unique collection of violins was broken into and a large number of valuables were stolen. The violins, which Oistrakh's collection yet did not include the works of Stradivarius were not touched.]

Nicolo Amati - this is the last and according to many critics, the best film role of Rostislav Plyatt. In dramatic performance it resembles a kind of testament.

The title of the film is based on the legend of the Minotaur as about a certain creature which lives inside every human being and is the concentration of all the vices of man. A strong and honest man is capable of defeating his own Minotaur while the weak one will be "eaten" by the monster within.

The picture shows a real Stradivarius violin, made by the master during his years of apprenticeship under the supervision of Amati, and the real violin of the great master sounds in the movie. Ten years after the film's release in 1996 the violin was stolen from the State Central Museum of Musical Culture named after Glinka.

The film premiered November 9, 1987, on the eve of the Police Day.

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