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Cinema in Russia

40 %|Aug 27, 1979|Documentary, History

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.

Featured Crew

Boris Karpov
Director
Pavel Rusanov
Director
Andrey Kolobrodov
Director of Photography
Pavel Rusanov
Screenplay
L. Rondeli
Screenplay
L. Kopysov
Director of Photography
Yu. Pimenov
Producer

Cast

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Leo Tolstoy
Archive footage
actor
Michael Chekhov
Film footage
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Nikolai Vasilyev
Film footage
actor
Pavel Knorr
Film footage
actor
Andrey Gromov
Film footage
actor
Ivan Mosjoukine
Film footage
actor
Antoni Fertner
Film footage
actor
Olga Drevnitskaya
Archive footage
actor
Ivan Poddubniy
Archive footage
actor
Pyotr Nesterov
Archive footage
actor
Georgiy Sedov
Archive footage
actor
Vera Kholodnaya
Film footage
actor
Vladimir Maksimov
Film footage
actor
Vera Karalli
Film footage
actor
Vitold Polonsky
Film footage
actor
Olga Gzovskaya
Film footage
actor
Ivane Perestiani
Film footage
actor
Ivan Khudoleyev
Film footage
actor
Ossip Runitsch
Film footage
actor
Nathalie Lissenko
Film footage
actor
Vera Yureneva
Film footage
actor
Lidiya Koreneva
Film footage
actor
Lidiya Tridenskaya
Film footage
actor
Olga Knipper-Chekhova
Archive footage
actor
Ivan Moskvin
Archive footage
actor
Vladimir Lenin
Archive footage