Birds of Paradise (Райские птицы) 16 years old

The events of the film take place in the Soviet Union in the early 1980s. It is forbidden to listen to foreign radio stations, it is not safe to voice one’s opinions in front of strangers. Words of truth are spoken only in private kitchens behind the curtained windows. The KGB tap phones, survey the ‘unreliable’ and consistently step by step destroy all forms of decent. The protagonists challenge the inhumane state machine, putting on stake their very lives and proving that nothing and nobody can stop a person who is on his way to achieve a true freedom.

Credits

Oksana Akinshina as

Egor Pazenko as

Serhii Romaniuk as

Oleg Yankovskiy as

Andrey Kuzichyov as

Birds of Paradise Cast

Name	Character
Oksana Akinshina She was 20, now 37 years old
Egor Pazenko He was 36, now 52 years old
Serhii Romaniuk He was 54, 65 years old when he died
Oleg Yankovskiy He was 64, 65 years old when he died
Andrey Kuzichyov He was 37, now 53 years old

Birds of Paradise Crew

Name	Department
Rustam Ibragimbekov as Screenplay. He was 69 (now 85) years old	Writing
Roman Balayan as Director. He was 66 (now 83) years old	Directing

Birds of Paradise (16 years)

Release day: Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Runtime: 94 minutes