CWC Global: Captain Volkonogov Escaped

Filmmakers Natasha Merkulova and Alexey Chupov join moderator Sasha Razor (Film and Media Studies, UCSB) to discuss their film Captain Volkonogov Escaped. Merkulova and Chupov share how they work as a film making team, how they researched the period of Stalinist purges in the 1930s, and how they sought to make the period of the film feel contemporary. They go on to discuss their experience working with lead actor Yura Borisov, who gained wider recognition for the 2024 film Anora. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 40925]

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CWC Global: Captain Volkonogov Escaped is an episode from Humanities (Audio) by UCTV.

This episode is 00:52:10 long.

This episode was published on Oct 4, 2025.

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