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Cinema in Russia

Cinema in Russia

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Runtime

64 mins

Rating

4/10

Release Date

27 August 1979

Country

Soviet Union

Cast

Viktor Khokhryakov

Viktor Khokhryakov

Narrator

Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy

Archive footage

Yevgeni Petrov-Krayevsky

Yevgeni Petrov-Krayevsky

Film footage

Aleksandra Goncharova

Aleksandra Goncharova

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Michael Chekhov

Michael Chekhov

Film footage

Nikolai Vasilyev

Nikolai Vasilyev

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Pavel Knorr

Pavel Knorr

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Andrey Gromov

Andrey Gromov

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Ivan Mosjoukine

Ivan Mosjoukine

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Antoni Fertner

Antoni Fertner

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Olga Drevnitskaya

Olga Drevnitskaya

Archive footage

Ivan Poddubniy

Ivan Poddubniy

Archive footage

Pyotr Nesterov

Pyotr Nesterov

Archive footage

Georgiy Sedov

Georgiy Sedov

Archive footage

Vera Kholodnaya

Vera Kholodnaya

Film footage

Vladimir Maksimov

Vladimir Maksimov

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Vera Karalli

Vera Karalli

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Vitold Polonsky

Vitold Polonsky

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Olga Gzovskaya

Olga Gzovskaya

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Ivane Perestiani

Ivane Perestiani

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Ivan Khudoleyev

Ivan Khudoleyev

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Ossip Runitsch

Ossip Runitsch

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Nathalie Lissenko

Nathalie Lissenko

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Vera Yureneva

Vera Yureneva

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Lidiya Koreneva

Lidiya Koreneva

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Lidiya Tridenskaya

Lidiya Tridenskaya

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Feodor Chaliapin Sr.

Feodor Chaliapin Sr.

Film footage

Konstantin Stanislavski

Konstantin Stanislavski

Archive footage

Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko

Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko

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Olga Knipper-Chekhova

Olga Knipper-Chekhova

Archive footage

Ivan Moskvin

Ivan Moskvin

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Vladimir Lenin

Vladimir Lenin

Archive footage

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