The read
It runs a compact 1h 18m.
Synopsis
The film deals with intellectual activities which are usually hidden from the human eye. It concerns doing research in film archives, searching for missing films and bringing them back to life. It is a documentary about the work of Dziga Vertov, a prominent soviet director, and the restoration of the director’s original concept of the films Anniversary of the Revolution (1918), The History of the Civil War (1921), Man with a Movie Camera (1929).
Ratings
TMDB5/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Nikolai IzvolovDirector
- Nikolai IzvolovWriter
Cast
- Nikolai IzvolovSelf - Russian film historian
- Dziga VertovSelf (archive footage)
- Leon TrotskySelf (archive footage)
- Vladimir LeninSelf (archive footage)