The Mark of Cain. Producer: Alix Lambert; Creative Commons license: CC0 1.0 Universal The Mark of Cain documents the fading art form and language of Russian criminal tattoos, formerly a forbidden topic in Russia. The now vanishing practice is seen as reflecting the transition of the broader Russian society. Filmed in some of Russia;s most notorious prisons, including the fabled White Swan, the interviews with prisoners, guards, and criminologists reveal the secret language of The Zone and The Code of Thieve. The prisoners of the Stalinist Gulag, or “Zone,” as it is called, developed a complex social structure (documented as early as the 1920s) that incorporated highly symbolic tattooing as a mark of rank. The existence of these inmates at prisons and forced labor camps was treated by the state as a deeply-kept secret. In the 1990s, Russia’s prison population exploded, with overcrowding among the worst in the world. Some estimates suggest that in the last generation over thirty million of Russia’s inmates have had tattoos even though the process is illegal inside Russian prisons. The Mark of Cain examines every aspect of the tattooing, from the actual creation of the tattoo ink, interviews with the tattooers and soberly looks at the double-edged sword of prison tattoos. In many ways, they were needed to survive brutal Russian prisons, but mark the prisoner for life, which complicates any readmission to normal society they may have. Tattoos expressly identify what the …

О фильме: Данный фильм рассказывает о воровских наколках и их владельцах в местах лишения свободы на территории России. Многочисленные интервью с арестантами которые объясняют значение своих наколок, некоторые из них гордятся расписной азбукой своего тела, а некоторые сожалеют что сделали себе наколки так как думают об освобождении и хотят полноценной жизни на свободе. Также в фильме повествуеться об условиях содержания заключенных в ИТК и ИТУ. About movie: Sailing ships, stars, angels and executioners — The Mark of Cain chronicles the vanishing practice and language of Russian Criminal Tattoos. Captured in some of Russia’s most notorious prisons, including the fabled White Swan, the film traces the animus of the flowers of this carnal art by way of the brutality of its origins- the penitentiary and the criminal environment. Incisive interviews with prisoners, guards, and criminologists reveal the secret language of The Zone and The Code of Thieves of the vory v zakone. As early as the 1920′s, Russian prisons and Gulag began to attract the attention of researchers. The prisoners of the Stalinist Gulag, or “Zone,” as it is called, developed a complex social structure that incorporated highly symbolic tattooing as a mark of rank. The very existence of these inmates at prisons and forced labor camps was treated by the state as a deep secret, and their tattoo art was considered a forbidden topic. In the last decade, Russia’s prison population has exploded; overcrowding has …

О фильме: Данный фильм рассказывает о воровских наколках и их владельцах в местах лишения свободы на территории России. Многочисленные интервью с арестантами которые объясняют значение своих наколок, некоторые из них гордятся расписной азбукой своего тела, а некоторые сожалеют что сделали себе наколки так как думают об освобождении и хотят полноценной жизни на свободе. Также в фильме повествуеться об условиях содержания заключенных в ИТК и ИТУ. About movie: Sailing ships, stars, angels and executioners — The Mark of Cain chronicles the vanishing practice and language of Russian Criminal Tattoos. Captured in some of Russia’s most notorious prisons, including the fabled White Swan, the film traces the animus of the flowers of this carnal art by way of the brutality of its origins- the penitentiary and the criminal environment. Incisive interviews with prisoners, guards, and criminologists reveal the secret language of The Zone and The Code of Thieves of the vory v zakone. As early as the 1920′s, Russian prisons and Gulag began to attract the attention of researchers. The prisoners of the Stalinist Gulag, or “Zone,” as it is called, developed a complex social structure that incorporated highly symbolic tattooing as a mark of rank. The very existence of these inmates at prisons and forced labor camps was treated by the state as a deep secret, and their tattoo art was considered a forbidden topic. In the last decade, Russia’s prison population has exploded; overcrowding has …

О фильме: Данный фильм рассказывает о воровских наколках и их владельцах в местах лишения свободы на территории России. Многочисленные интервью с арестантами которые объясняют значение своих наколок, некоторые из них гордятся расписной азбукой своего тела, а некоторые сожалеют что сделали себе наколки так как думают об освобождении и хотят полноценной жизни на свободе. Также в фильме повествуеться об условиях содержания заключенных в ИТК и ИТУ. About movie: Sailing ships, stars, angels and executioners — The Mark of Cain chronicles the vanishing practice and language of Russian Criminal Tattoos. Captured in some of Russia’s most notorious prisons, including the fabled White Swan, the film traces the animus of the flowers of this carnal art by way of the brutality of its origins- the penitentiary and the criminal environment. Incisive interviews with prisoners, guards, and criminologists reveal the secret language of The Zone and The Code of Thieves of the vory v zakone. As early as the 1920′s, Russian prisons and Gulag began to attract the attention of researchers. The prisoners of the Stalinist Gulag, or “Zone,” as it is called, developed a complex social structure that incorporated highly symbolic tattooing as a mark of rank. The very existence of these inmates at prisons and forced labor camps was treated by the state as a deep secret, and their tattoo art was considered a forbidden topic. In the last decade, Russia’s prison population has exploded; overcrowding has …

О фильме: Данный фильм рассказывает о воровских наколках и их владельцах в местах лишения свободы на территории России. Многочисленные интервью с арестантами которые объясняют значение своих наколок, некоторые из них гордятся расписной азбукой своего тела, а некоторые сожалеют что сделали себе наколки так как думают об освобождении и хотят полноценной жизни на свободе. Также в фильме повествуеться об условиях содержания заключенных в ИТК и ИТУ. About movie: Sailing ships, stars, angels and executioners — The Mark of Cain chronicles the vanishing practice and language of Russian Criminal Tattoos. Captured in some of Russia’s most notorious prisons, including the fabled White Swan, the film traces the animus of the flowers of this carnal art by way of the brutality of its origins- the penitentiary and the criminal environment. Incisive interviews with prisoners, guards, and criminologists reveal the secret language of The Zone and The Code of Thieves of the vory v zakone. As early as the 1920′s, Russian prisons and Gulag began to attract the attention of researchers. The prisoners of the Stalinist Gulag, or “Zone,” as it is called, developed a complex social structure that incorporated highly symbolic tattooing as a mark of rank. The very existence of these inmates at prisons and forced labor camps was treated by the state as a deep secret, and their tattoo art was considered a forbidden topic. In the last decade, Russia’s prison population has exploded; overcrowding has …

О фильме: Данный фильм рассказывает о воровских наколках и их владельцах в местах лишения свободы на территории России. Многочисленные интервью с арестантами которые объясняют значение своих наколок, некоторые из них гордятся расписной азбукой своего тела, а некоторые сожалеют что сделали себе наколки так как думают об освобождении и хотят полноценной жизни на свободе. Также в фильме повествуеться об условиях содержания заключенных в ИТК и ИТУ. About movie: Sailing ships, stars, angels and executioners — The Mark of Cain chronicles the vanishing practice and language of Russian Criminal Tattoos. Captured in some of Russia’s most notorious prisons, including the fabled White Swan, the film traces the animus of the flowers of this carnal art by way of the brutality of its origins- the penitentiary and the criminal environment. Incisive interviews with prisoners, guards, and criminologists reveal the secret language of The Zone and The Code of Thieves of the vory v zakone. As early as the 1920′s, Russian prisons and Gulag began to attract the attention of researchers. The prisoners of the Stalinist Gulag, or “Zone,” as it is called, developed a complex social structure that incorporated highly symbolic tattooing as a mark of rank. The very existence of these inmates at prisons and forced labor camps was treated by the state as a deep secret, and their tattoo art was considered a forbidden topic. In the last decade, Russia’s prison population has exploded; overcrowding has …

О фильме: Данный фильм рассказывает о воровских наколках и их владельцах в местах лишения свободы на территории России. Многочисленные интервью с арестантами которые объясняют значение своих наколок, некоторые из них гордятся расписной азбукой своего тела, а некоторые сожалеют что сделали себе наколки так как думают об освобождении и хотят полноценной жизни на свободе. Также в фильме повествуеться об условиях содержания заключенных в ИТК и ИТУ. About movie: Sailing ships, stars, angels and executioners — The Mark of Cain chronicles the vanishing practice and language of Russian Criminal Tattoos. Captured in some of Russia’s most notorious prisons, including the fabled White Swan, the film traces the animus of the flowers of this carnal art by way of the brutality of its origins- the penitentiary and the criminal environment. Incisive interviews with prisoners, guards, and criminologists reveal the secret language of The Zone and The Code of Thieves of the vory v zakone. As early as the 1920′s, Russian prisons and Gulag began to attract the attention of researchers. The prisoners of the Stalinist Gulag, or “Zone,” as it is called, developed a complex social structure that incorporated highly symbolic tattooing as a mark of rank. The very existence of these inmates at prisons and forced labor camps was treated by the state as a deep secret, and their tattoo art was considered a forbidden topic. In the last decade, Russia’s prison population has exploded; overcrowding has …

О фильме: Данный фильм рассказывает о воровских наколках и их владельцах в местах лишения свободы на территории России. Многочисленные интервью с арестантами которые объясняют значение своих наколок, некоторые из них гордятся расписной азбукой своего тела, а некоторые сожалеют что сделали себе наколки так как думают об освобождении и хотят полноценной жизни на свободе. Также в фильме повествуеться об условиях содержания заключенных в ИТК и ИТУ. About movie: Sailing ships, stars, angels and executioners — The Mark of Cain chronicles the vanishing practice and language of Russian Criminal Tattoos. Captured in some of Russia’s most notorious prisons, including the fabled White Swan, the film traces the animus of the flowers of this carnal art by way of the brutality of its origins- the penitentiary and the criminal environment. Incisive interviews with prisoners, guards, and criminologists reveal the secret language of The Zone and The Code of Thieves of the vory v zakone. As early as the 1920′s, Russian prisons and Gulag began to attract the attention of researchers. The prisoners of the Stalinist Gulag, or “Zone,” as it is called, developed a complex social structure that incorporated highly symbolic tattooing as a mark of rank. The very existence of these inmates at prisons and forced labor camps was treated by the state as a deep secret, and their tattoo art was considered a forbidden topic. In the last decade, Russia’s prison population has exploded; overcrowding has …

О фильме: Данный фильм рассказывает о воровских наколках и их владельцах в местах лишения свободы на территории России. Многочисленные интервью с арестантами которые объясняют значение своих наколок, некоторые из них гордятся расписной азбукой своего тела, а некоторые сожалеют что сделали себе наколки так как думают об освобождении и хотят полноценной жизни на свободе. Также в фильме повествуеться об условиях содержания заключенных в ИТК и ИТУ. About movie: Sailing ships, stars, angels and executioners — The Mark of Cain chronicles the vanishing practice and language of Russian Criminal Tattoos. Captured in some of Russia’s most notorious prisons, including the fabled White Swan, the film traces the animus of the flowers of this carnal art by way of the brutality of its origins- the penitentiary and the criminal environment. Incisive interviews with prisoners, guards, and criminologists reveal the secret language of The Zone and The Code of Thieves of the vory v zakone. As early as the 1920′s, Russian prisons and Gulag began to attract the attention of researchers. The prisoners of the Stalinist Gulag, or “Zone,” as it is called, developed a complex social structure that incorporated highly symbolic tattooing as a mark of rank. The very existence of these inmates at prisons and forced labor camps was treated by the state as a deep secret, and their tattoo art was considered a forbidden topic. In the last decade, Russia’s prison population has exploded; overcrowding has …