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Rick Minnich

The Book of Lenins

Logline
Spurred on by his zealous publisher, a wide-eyed American photographer roams the globe in search of the last remaining Lenin statues. But what he finds isn’t exactly what his publisher had in mind. An ironic take on post-Cold War Eastern Europe.
Talent
Rick Minnich
Role of participant
Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Director
Rick Minnich
Producer
Rick Minnich
Screenwriter
Rick Minnich
Status
finished
Year of production
1996
Running time
24 min
Genre
Documentary (Hybrid)
Country of Production
Germany
Production Company
Rickfilms
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Contact

Name
Rick Minnich
Company
Our Man in Berlin
E-mail
rick@rickfilms.de
Website
www.ourmaninberlin.com

Festivals and Awards

• Europäischer Salon für Liebhaber des jungen Films (European Salon for Connoisseures of New Film), Potsdam, Germany, 1996
• Cinema Jove, Festival Internacional de Cine, Valencia, Spain, 1996
• FilmVideo 96, 47th Mostra Internazionale di Montecatini Terme, Italy, 1996
• 25th International Film Festival, Figueira da Foz, Portugal, 1996
• São Paolo International Film Festival, Brazil, 1996
• dokumentART, Neubrandenburg, Germany, 1996
• 39th Leipzig International Festival for Documentary and Animation Film, Germany, 1996
• International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao, Spain, 1996
• 20. Internationale Grenzland-Filmtage, Selb, Germany, 1997
• FAK 97 International Student Film Festival, Vienna, Austria, 1997
• Festival of Non-Professional Films, Kelibia, Tunisia, 1997
• Blue Sea Film Festival, Rauma, Finnland, 1997
• Filmzwerge, Münster, Germany, 1997
• Cinarchea International Archeological Film Festival, Kiel, Germany, 1998