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DEAD MOUNTAINEER’S HOTEL
1979
Director
Grigori Kromanov
Starring
Uldis Pūcītis
Jüri Järvet
Lembit Peterson
Mikk Mikiver
Runtime
84 minutes
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Experience the Seattle premiere of the beautiful, brand new 4K restoration of Grigori Kromanov's unforgettably bizarre and haunting sci-fi mystery DEAD MOUNTAINEER'S HOTEL!
Considered one of the greatest Estonian films of all time and based on a novel by Soviet-Russian authors Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, whose novel Roadside Picnic was the basis for Andrei Tarkovsky’s STALKER, DEAD MOUNTAINEER’S HOTEL similarly revolves around a mysterious, otherworldly locale – this time a remote alpine lodge whose peculiar guests may not be what they seem.
Fans of DISCO ELYSIUM take note!
When Inspector Glebsky arrives at a remote ski chalet on vacation, the last thing he intends to do is get involved in police work. He's there to ski, drink brandy and loaf around. But he hadn’t counted on the other vacationers: an eccentric bunch including a famous hypnotist, a terrorist, a physicist with a penchant for gymnastic feats, a sulky androgynous teen and the mysterious glammed-up Mr. and Mrs. Moses. The strange, poetic rhythm of DEAD MOUNTAINEER'S HOTEL is best absorbed on the big screen, with a throng of equally entranced audience at your side.
"Dazzling, baffling, eerie, luminous, silly, turgid and unique, DEAD MOUNTAINEER'S HOTEL delights and perplexes in equal measure. It's easily the best Estonian sci-fi detective story I've ever seen - a fantasy that manages to make our own world seem alien and wondrous." - MUBI
Considered one of the greatest Estonian films of all time and based on a novel by Soviet-Russian authors Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, whose novel Roadside Picnic was the basis for Andrei Tarkovsky’s STALKER, DEAD MOUNTAINEER’S HOTEL similarly revolves around a mysterious, otherworldly locale – this time a remote alpine lodge whose peculiar guests may not be what they seem.
Fans of DISCO ELYSIUM take note!
When Inspector Glebsky arrives at a remote ski chalet on vacation, the last thing he intends to do is get involved in police work. He's there to ski, drink brandy and loaf around. But he hadn’t counted on the other vacationers: an eccentric bunch including a famous hypnotist, a terrorist, a physicist with a penchant for gymnastic feats, a sulky androgynous teen and the mysterious glammed-up Mr. and Mrs. Moses. The strange, poetic rhythm of DEAD MOUNTAINEER'S HOTEL is best absorbed on the big screen, with a throng of equally entranced audience at your side.
"Dazzling, baffling, eerie, luminous, silly, turgid and unique, DEAD MOUNTAINEER'S HOTEL delights and perplexes in equal measure. It's easily the best Estonian sci-fi detective story I've ever seen - a fantasy that manages to make our own world seem alien and wondrous." - MUBI