Man with a Movie Camera
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Man with a Movie Camera (1929)

23/08/1977 (GB)
Documentary
1h 8m

The Greatest Documentary Ever Made

Overview

A cameraman wanders around with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling inventiveness.

  • Dziga VertovDirector, Writer
  • Original Title

    Человек с киноаппаратом

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    Russian

Keywords

  • soviet union
  • odessa, ukraine
  • montage
  • silent film
  • cameraman
  • moscow, russia
  • 1920s
  • kyiv (kiev), ukraine
  • city symphony
  • soviet realism
  • semi-fiction
  • docufiction
  • kharkiv (kharkov), ukraine
  • critical