The Austrian Field (1991) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

Release, runtime and language

1991 · 85 mins · Russian

Directed by

Andrei Chernykh

Starring

Liubomiras Laucevicius, Viktor Sukhorukov, Natalya Danilova, Svetlana Gaytan, Semyon Strugachyov, Boris Smolkin

The film explores the limits of the basic senses—touch, sight, hearing—presenting a clash between reality and illusion. It conveys truths and fantasies as visual expressions of emotion, and through poetic imagery renders feelings as pictures. The heroine tells her blind lover, “I love to forget time with you,” adding, “You are the most sighted of all the sighted.”