InSkazka，AlexanderSokurovweavesdigitalmagictocreateaphantasmagoricalvisionoftheAfterlife，worthyofDante.Butwait∶areweinthelimboofPurgatory，oraparadoxicalParadisereservedfornotoriousmenofworldhistory?Mussolini，Stalin，Hitler，Churchillandmore∶allarepresentandaccountedfor.Sincetheyexistonlyasarchivalmediaimages，eachfigurecomesinaserialset. Intheblackestofpoliticalcomedies，thesefallenmenbeg，inturn，tobeletthroughHeaven’sGate–buttheangelswhopeekthroughneveropenwide.Littlewonder，astheformerleaderswanderlistlessly，bitching(inaBabelofmultiplelanguages)abouteachother’sclothes，hairandhygiene. Inwhatiseffectivelyaworkofanimation，Sokurovhaspulledtogethermanytalentsintoanextraordinarytechnologicalfeat.Itblendspictorialelementsfromarthistorytoformanendlesslyunfoldinglandscape，repletewithfogandghostlyarmiesofthesacrificedvictimsofhistory.AnnouncedasSokurov’slastfilm，SkazkaisaninspiredriffonthehighcultureofPeterGreenawaymixedwiththelowcultureofmash-upartistsSoda_Jerk.CanwenowexpectsomeentrepreneurtobringustheinteractiveSkazkavideogame?