The Prisoner of St. Petersburg is a 1989 Australian drama film directed by Ian Pringle. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.

The film was the first Australian-West German co-production. It was shot over 22 days in Germany. David Stratton wrote that the film "appeared to be commercially doomed from the beginning".

The Prisoner of St. Petersburg

Cast

Efrem Accurso as Italian truck driver

Ifrim Bender as Russian man with coat

Solveig Dommartin as Elena

Johanna Karl-Lory as Old woman

Lars Michalak as Russian man behind door

Michael Obinja as Russian man on train

Pat O'Connell as Singing Irish man

Olivier Picot as Stefan

René Schönenberger as Businessman

Wieland Speck as Youth in bar

Denis Staunton as Irish man

Hans Martin Stier as Truck driver

Noah Taylor as Jack

Katja Teichmann as Johanna

Ralph Wittgrebe as German drunk

Christian Zertz as Lorenzo

References

External links

The Prisoner of St Petersburg at Oz Movies

1989 films

1989 drama films

Films directed by Ian Pringle

Australian drama films

1980s English-language films

1980s Australian films

The Prisoner of St. Petersburg