Front-line Cameraman (1946)
A tribute to Soviet cameraman Vladimir Sushchinsky, killed in the liberation of Breslau in 1945, featuring his funeral and final footage by fallen colleagues. The film honors the 252 front-line cameramen of the Central Documentary Film Studio, one in five of whom died while recording the war, leaving behind millions of meters of film and hundreds of newsreels as a lasting record of the conflict.
Director: Maria Slavinskaya
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Leonid Khmara as Narrator (voice) |
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Vladimir Sushchinskiy as Self (archive footage) |
| Directing | Semiramida Pumpyanskaya | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Zinaida Ginzburg | Writer |
| Camera | Vladimir Sushchinskiy | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Maria Slavinskaya | Editor |
| Camera | Vladimir Sushchinskiy | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Maria Slavinskaya | Director |
| Sound | Arnold Roytman | Music |