The role of the teacher as a guide to the mazes of modern art movie (about the film "The Viking" by Andrei Kravchuk)

Modern Russian cinema often uses scenario-based literary works, but not often such works are the literary monuments of cultural heritage. In the basis of the movie "Viking" (2017) Director Andrei Kravchuk is the book "the Tale of bygone years" - an ancient monument of Russian literature. The film is shocking how accurate the episodes described in the book, and a free interpretation read by the authors. To form a correct attitude to the visuals of the Viking, you need to hold a student audience in complex labyrinths art history knowledge. Historical facts interpreted through artistic vision, often seem imperfect. The teacher's task is to find evidence that will help to reconcile the dispute about the merits and demerits of the movie, about the possibility of playing in the film personal relationship of filmmakers to the era, historical facts and events.