Song of the Rivers (1954)
An allegorical documentary about the workers of the world, whose common destinies and hopes for peace are symbolically united by the rivers that run through their respective lands. The film was shot on the Volga, the Mississippi, the Nile, the Yangtze, the Amazon and the Ganges and combines these images of five continents with the music of Dmitri Shostakovich and the poetry of both Bertolt Brecht and Paul Robeson.
Directors: Robert Ménégoz, Joris Ivens, Joop Huisken.
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Maximilian Scheer as Narrator (voice) |
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Paul Robeson as Voice of Singer |
| Camera | Ruy Santos | Additional Photography |
| Sound | Dmitri Shostakovich | Music |
| Directing | Robert Ménégoz | Director |
| Writing | Vladimir Pozner | Writer |
| Directing | Joris Ivens | Director |
| Directing | Joop Huisken | Director |
| Writing | Joris Ivens | Writer |
| Editing | Ella Ensink | Editor |
| Editing | Joris Ivens | Editorial Coordinator |
| Camera | Erich Nitzschmann | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Bertolt Brecht | Writer |
| Writing | Paul Robeson | Writer |
