Cinema in Russia

4.0

1979

1h 4m

HD

DocumentaryHistory

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.

Top Cast

Viktor Khokhryakov

Viktor Khokhryakov

Narrator

Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy

Archive footage

Yevgeni Petrov-Krayevsky

Yevgeni Petrov-Krayevsky

Film footage

Aleksandra Goncharova

Aleksandra Goncharova

Film footage

Michael Chekhov

Michael Chekhov

Film footage

N

Nikolai Vasilyev

Film footage

P

Pavel Knorr

Film footage

Andrey Gromov

Andrey Gromov

Film footage

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