Victory DayDen' Pobedy

Synopsis

Once a year, crowds gather in Berlin's Treptower Park to mark the anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany. Russia's master of sustained observation, Sergei Loznitsa, captures the medal bedecked veterans and burly biker gangs assembling for this spring day of patriotic songs and speeches. Loznitsa's carefully framed compositions become a meditation on the nationalistic myths still gripping Europe.