The Return of Vertov (2024)
The film deals with intellectual activities which are usually hidden from the human eye. It concerns doing research in film archives, searching for missing films and bringing them back to life. It is a documentary about the work of Dziga Vertov, a prominent soviet director, and the restoration of the director’s original concept of the films Anniversary of the Revolution (1918), The History of the Civil War (1921), Man with a Movie Camera (1929).
Director: Nikolai Izvolov
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Nikolai Izvolov as Self - Russian film historian |
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Dziga Vertov as Self (archive footage) |
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Leon Trotsky as Self (archive footage) |
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Vladimir Lenin as Self (archive footage) |
| Directing | Nikolai Izvolov | Director |
| Writing | Nikolai Izvolov | Writer |
| Sound | Denis Dronov | Music |
| Camera | Konstantin Miromanov | Camera Operator |
| Production | Oksana Zolotova | Producer |
| Camera | Dmitry Novosyolov | Camera Operator |