Far Away from St. Petersburg (1993)

Name: Far Away from St. Petersburg
Director: Alexander Hahn
Released: 1993-01-30
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Dzintars Belogrudovs, Igor Klass, Zhenja Krjukowa, Larisa Tatunowa, Ints Burans

Comedy

79 min

Plot Summary

Iwan Rabcynski, born in St. Petersburg (Florida), writes Russian melodramas under the pseudonym "John F. Romanoff. He gets his inspiration in Brooklyn, his chosen home. His new novel, which is meant to be autobiographical, begins with his Russian great grandfather in St. Petersburg in 1882 and follows three generations as they survive the country's political upheavals.