TALES FROM ODESSA/RED CAVALRY

TALES FROM ODESSA / THE RED CAVALRY

I am Isaac Babel, born on July 13, 1894, in Odessa, then part of Russia. Odessa, like many other picturesque cities, has become an inspiration for writers of various eras. Turgenev wrote about fresh morning dews and peaceful nights, while Dostoevsky and his character Karamazov trampled on uneven pavements enveloped in heavy fog. Gogol sang of the bright sunlight of Ukraine, while Gorky enthusiastically greeted the sun in his works. Time passes, but sources of inspiration remain eternal. The journey southward, towards light and freedom, has lasted for centuries. There is a sense that the people need a new breath. Is a new literary messiah among us, coming from the sunny steppes? More than a century has passed... And I, executed on January 27, 1940, in Moscow, left my stories as an eternal record.

• Director: Strahinja Padežanin
• Set Designers: Ognjen Markovć, Jelena Smiljanić
• Costume Designer: Smiljka Babić
• Choreographer: Jakša Filipovac
• Music Collaborator: Marijan Babić
• Art Collaborators: Jelena Smiljanić, Teodora Nešković

TALES FROM ODESSA

• Emanuel Isakovič Babel - Eldar Zubčević
• Rahela Babel, his wife/Zagurska, violin professor - Bea Doder
• Isak Emanuilovič Babel, his son, 14 years old - Marko Jakšić
• Isaac Emanuilovich Babel, 21 years old - Milan Pelivanović
• Bobka Babel, Isaac's aunt/teacher Tuholska/madam - Aleksandra Malivuk
• Nikitič, swimming instructor - Aleksandar Kolebanac
• Galina, doctor - Aleksandra Rukavina
• Motale, rabbi/ Maxim Gorky - Obrad Radulović/ Aleksandar Mašanov