PREMIERE

dir Mads Baastrup, Sonja Vesterholt pro Margarita Seguy, Sonja Vesterholt, Vesterholt Film & TV sc Mads Baastrup, Sonja Vesterholt ph Sergey Dubrovsky mus Gennadi Banshchikov ed Jeff McBride, Mahi Rahgozar cast Pavel Klushantsev, Zjanna Klusjantseva dis DR TV International Sales

This is a story about a visual wizard and a fantastic legacy of films which transformed and influenced the science fiction genre as we know it. The Russian filmmaker, Pavel Klushantsev, has had an extraordinary influence on an entire genre of films. Throughout his career at the film studio in St. Petersburg, Klushantsev pioneered and invented legendary techniques for filming the planets, stars and weightnessless - long before anyone else. However, despite dying blind and penniless, Klushantsev has left an indelible mark on the history of film and inspired countless filmmakers. The first but, it is hoped, not last documentary on Russian sci-fi cinema pioneer. “The Star Dreamer” ensures that the name of Pavel Klushantsev lives on.

Sonja Vesterholt

Creative producer graduate of the Danish Film School. Debut as a film director 1990. Initiator and co-leader of Balticum Film and Television Festival, 1990-2000.

Mads Baastrup

Director and producer of several documentaries over the last 15 years.