Talankin’s Oscar lost and found on a Lufthansa flight

Lufthansa he lost theOscar by the Russian director Pavel Talankin. After that US airport security had prevented him from bringing on board the statuette on a flight from New Yorkthe German airline he lost it and found it only after one frantic search.

Plunderwinner of the award for his documentary “Mr. Nobody Against Putin“, had been prevented from carrying the prize on board a flight toJFK airport last Wednesday, the movie news site reports Deadline. Officials of the Transportation Security Administration (Tsa) Americans had told him they feared it could be used as arma and they had forced him to take it into the hold in one cardboard box.

The disappearance of the statuette

Once landed in Germanythe golden statuette era disappeared. Lufthansa expressed “regret” and declared that he had started a internal research “with the utmost care and urgency” to recover theOscar.

The discovery in Frankfurt

Hours later, the airline released a new statement saying the figurine had been found and it was a Frankfurt to be returned to Plunder “as soon as possible“. He did not explain how the award disappeared, stating that “an internal investigation is underway“.

The director’s profile

Plunder, 35 years old, video operator of one school of one small Russian townhe aroused sensation when he won theOscar for best documentary together with the American director David Borenstein.

The award-winning documentary

Made with movies That Plunder he had let out clandestinely from Russia“Mr. Nobody Against Putin” he tells her patriotic lessons in favor of guerra introduced into Russian schools under the presidency of Vladimir Putinin the context ofMoscow’s offensive in Ukraine.

Statements after landing

Plunder said a Deadline to have traveled at least ten times with the statuette without any problem. “It absolutely is disconcerting how they can consider a Oscar and’arma“he declared after thelanding in Frankfurt Thursday morning, adding that on previous flights “he had traveled with the figurine in cabin and there had never been any problem.”

The proposal rejected

And Lufthansa agent he had offered to accompany Talankin to the gate e di keep the statuette during the volobut the proposal was rejected yes one TSA official.