Agi: L'Oscar di Talankin perso e ritrovato in un volo Lufthansa

AGI - Lufthansa ha perso l’Oscar del regista russo Pavel Talankin. Dopo che la sicurezza aeroportuale statunitense gli aveva impedito di portare a bordo la statuetta su un volo da New York, la compagnia aerea tedesca l’ha smarrita e l’ha ritrovata solo dopo una frenetica ricerca.
Talankin, vincitore del premio per il suo documentario "Mr. Nobody Against Putin", si era visto impedire di portare il premio a bordo di un volo all’aeroporto JFK mercoledì scorso, riferisce il sito di notizie cinematografiche Deadline. Funzionari della Transportation Security Administration (Tsa) statunitense gli avevano detto di temere che potesse essere usata come arma e lo avevano costretto a imbarcarla nella stiva in una scatola di cartone.
La scomparsa della statuetta
Una volta atterrato in Germania, la statuetta dorata era sparita. Lufthansa ha espresso "rammarico" e ha dichiarato di aver avviato una ricerca interna "con la massima cura e urgenza" per recuperare l’Oscar.
Il ritrovamento a Francoforte
Ore dopo, la compagnia aerea ha rilasciato una nuova dichiarazione affermando che la statuetta era stata trovata ed era a Francoforte per essere restituita a Talankin "il prima possibile". Non ha spiegato come il premio sia scomparso, affermando che "è in corso un’indagine interna".
Il profilo del regista
Talankin, 35 anni, operatore video di una scuola di una piccola città russa, ha suscitato scalpore quando ha vinto l’Oscar per il miglior documentario insieme al regista statunitense David Borenstein.
Il documentario premiato
Realizzato con filmati che Talankin aveva fatto uscire clandestinamente dalla Russia, "Mr. Nobody Against Putin" racconta le lezioni patriottiche a favore della guerra introdotte nelle scuole russe sotto la presidenza di Vladimir Putin, nel contesto dell’offensiva di Mosca in Ucraina.
Le dichiarazioni dopo l’atterraggio
Talankin ha dichiarato a Deadline di aver viaggiato almeno una decina di volte con la statuetta senza alcun problema. "È assolutamente sconcertante come possano considerare un Oscar un’arma", ha dichiarato dopo l’atterraggio a Francoforte giovedì mattina, aggiungendo che sui voli precedenti "aveva viaggiato con la statuetta in cabina e non c’era mai stato alcun problema".
La proposta respinta
Un agente della Lufthansa si era offerto di accompagnare Talankin al gate e di custodire la statuetta durante il volo, ma la proposta è stata bocciata da un funzionario della Tsa.

The Talankin Oscar was lost and found on a Lufthansa flight.

Lufthansa lost the Russian director Pavel Talankin’s Oscar. After airport security in the United States prevented him from bringing the statuette on a flight from New York, the German airline lost it and only found it after a frantic search.

Talankin, winner of the award for his documentary “Mr. Nobody Against Putin,” was prevented from bringing the prize aboard a flight at JFK airport last Wednesday, according to the film news website Deadline. Officials from the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) told him they feared it could be used as a weapon and forced him to board it in the cargo hold in a cardboard box.

The disappearance of the statuette

Once landed in Germany, the golden statuette was missing. Lufthansa expressed “regret” and stated that it had launched an internal search “with the utmost care and urgency” to recover the Oscar.

The finding in Frankfurt

Hours later, the airline issued a new statement saying that the statuette had been found and was in Frankfurt to be returned to Talankin “as soon as possible.” It did not explain how the prize disappeared, stating that “an internal investigation is underway.”

The director’s profile

Talankin, 35, a video operator from a small Russian town, caused a stir when he won the Oscar for best documentary together with American director David Borenstein.

The winning documentary

Made with footage that Talankin had secretly taken out of Russia, “Mr. Nobody Against Putin” tells of patriotic lessons in favor of war introduced into Russian schools under the presidency of Vladimir Putin, in the context of Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine.

Statements after landing

Talankin told Deadline that he had traveled at least a dozen times with the statuette without any problems. “It’s absolutely astonishing how they can consider an Oscar a weapon,” he said after landing in Frankfurt on Thursday morning, adding that on previous flights “he had traveled with the statuette in the cabin and there had never been a problem.”

The rejected proposal

A Lufthansa agent offered to accompany Talankin to the gate and guard the statuette during the flight, but the proposal was rejected by a TSA official.

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