The read
It runs a compact 15m.
Synopsis
Inspired by the woman who edited "Man with a Movie Camera" (1929), "Woman with an Editing Bench" reveals the personal impact of Stalin’s censorship of cinema on a woman navigating politics, bureaucracy and the impetuous outbursts of collaborators to create something beautiful despite the odds.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Karen PearlmanDirector
- Karen PearlmanWriter
- Caitlin YeoOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Leeanna WalsmanElizaveta Svilova
- Richard James AllenDziga Vertov
- Marcus GrahamBoris Shumyatsky
- Cat SmithBaker
- Ivan K. GermanoVertov's cameraman
Themes
soviet unionbiographybased on true storyfilmmakingrussian historycensorshipfilm editorwoman directorstalinism1930scinema historywomen in film