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Cinema in Russia

Aug 27, 1979 · 1h 4m
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Documentary film about early years of Russian cinema: its first directors, cameramen, producers and actors. Includes rare fragments of pre-revolutionary feature films, newsreels and Starewicz's animation.

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CAST

Viktor Khokhryakov
Narrator
Leo Tolstoy
Archive footage
Yevgeni Petrov-Krayevsky
Film footage
Aleksandra Goncharova
Film footage
Michael Chekhov
Film footage
Nikolai Vasilyev
Film footage
Pavel Knorr
Film footage
Andrey Gromov
Film footage
Directed by Boris Karpov

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
RU
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Central Studio of Documentary Films
Country
SU

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