If you loved Mutter und Sohn, try Russian Ark
Eine Brücke zwischen einem Film, den du schon gesehen hast, und einem, den kaum jemand kennt. Das teilen sie, und was der zweite macht, was der erste nicht macht.
Was sie teilen
Both films are directed by Aleksandr Sokurov, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Mutter und Sohn, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Russian Ark is
Eyes Wide Shut without the orgy. An unseen narrator floats through the Winter Palace with a foppish 19th-century diplomat. History becomes a ghostly, unspooling procession. A technical marvel, yes, but also a reminder of cinema's potential to conjure.

