He sets forth for the West as the guest of the German Dostoevsky
Society, but lecturing about his great-grandfather does not prove
satisfying or lucrative for Dmitri, who could not care less.
The film is hilarious and we almost forget that it is about fraud
and decay, not only in Russia but in all of Europe.
Pawel Pawlikowski was born in Warsaw but has lived in England
since 1977. An internationally acclaimed documentary and feature
film director, Pawel’s films include: Lucifer Over Lancashire
(1987); Vaclav Havel (1989) which won the UN Media Peace Prize;
From Moscow to Pietushki (1990) – this film won an Emmy International,
the Prix Italia and the Royal Television Society Award, Best Documentary;
Dostoevsky’s Travels (1991) won the Royal Television Society
Award , Best Documentary for the second year running; Serbian
Epics (1992) won the Gran Prix in both Marseille and Florence
Festivals; Tripping With Zhirinovsky (1995) won the Grierson Award
for Best British Documentary and the Golden Gate Award at the
San Francisco International Film Festival; Twockers (1998) and
in 2000, his feature film The Last Resort, won a Bafta Award for
Best Newcomer, and Best Film at Edinburgh, Thessaloniki and Gijon,
and European Film of the Year Award.
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