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Revue

2008Allemagne, Russie82 min
The film

As he did with his critically-acclaimed "Blockade," a documentary re-creation of the WWII siege of Leningrad, which received its NY theatrical premiere in March 2007, filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa has once again scoured the Russian film archives for "Revue," selecting excerpts from newsreels, propaganda films, TV shows and feature films that present an evocative portrait of Soviet life during the 1950s and 1960s. With scenes taken from the length and breadth of the “Soviet Motherland,” "Revue" illustrates industry and agriculture, political life, popular culture, and technology. The film’s fascinating flow of disparate scenes representing typical Soviet life of the period is, seen from today’s perspective, alternately poignant, funny, and tragic

DirectorSergei Loznitsa
GenresHistory · Documentary
CountryAllemagne, Russie
Runtime82 min
Record & provenance

This entry is drawn from the film catalogue and retains its source references. Missing fields are shown as missing.

Record source: LeFilm.ca exact TMDB record

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