A short cultural documentary at the intersection of music, literature, and history. Through performances of newly composed settings of Akhmatova’s poetry, three Icelandic bass singers bring to life the voice of one of the 20th century’s most powerful witnesses to repression. The film explores artistic resistance, memory, and silence in a contemporary European context. Why this film now? War in Europe, art as resistance under authoritarian pressure and as a living reinterpretation of history.
Producer
University of Iceland
Country
Iceland
Directed by
Jón Egill Bergthórsson
Camera
Ívar Kristján Ívarsson
Duration
21 minutes
Year of production
2025