In Denmark we have one of the world's finest Balalajka Orchestra's, Pavlovski's Balalajka Orchestra. This documentary is aspell-binding family-saga with operasinger Nina Pavlovski, daughter of the founder of the orchestra as turning-point. Her father, Evgeni Pavlovski fled to Denmark in the thirties, married a danish girl and got two children. In the film Nina and her mother tells about their lives, in which the russian music and culture still plays an great  part.



57 min. Denmark, 1996
Producer: DR TV-Fakta in co-production with  SFC
Director: Sonja Vesterholt Camera: Lars Schou, Henrik Ørslev Klip: Felicia Verständig Sound: Keld Ove Hansen, Henry Michaelsen, Lars Michael Reiff Music: D.Sjostakovitj Lady Macbeth from Mstensk, Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich. Pavlovski's Balalajka Orkester og Sct. Petersburg Philharmonic Orkestra Cast: Nina Pavlovski, Randi Pavlovski, Andreas Pettersson, Guido Paevatalu, Karin Sundstrøm, Uffe Houmann, Bjarke Houmann, Søren Sørensen a.o.

The Danish Film Institute