Movie: Cinema in Russia

Top 10 Billed Cast

Viktor Khokhryakov
Виктор Хохряков

Narrator

Leo Tolstoy
Лев Толстой

Archive footage

Yevgeni Petrov-Krayevsky
Yevgeni Petrov-Krayevsky

Film footage

Aleksandra Goncharova
Aleksandra Goncharova

Film footage

Michael Chekhov
Michael Chekhov

Film footage

Nikolai Vasilyev
Николай Васильев

Film footage

Pavel Knorr
Pavel Knorr

Film footage

Andrey Gromov
Андрей Громов

Film footage

Ivan Mosjoukine
Иван Мозжухин

Film footage

Antoni Fertner
Antoni Fertner

Film footage

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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.

  • Release Date

    1979-08-27

  • Average

    4

  • Rating:

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  • Languages:

    Pусский
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