Estonian sci-fi classic “Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel” to screen in Shanghai (opens in new tab)

Grigori Kromanov’s 1979 cult science-fiction film Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel will screen at the Shanghai International Film Festival in June, bringing one of Estonia’s most distinctive Soviet-era films to Chinese audiences. The film, known in Estonian as Hukkunud Alpinisti hotell, has been selected for the festival’s 4K Restoration programme, which presents notable restored works from world cinema. This year’s selection also includes restored versions of Miloš Forman’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’...