The Prisoner of St. Petersburg

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".

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