Man with a Movie Camera (1929)

05/12/1929 (SU) • 1h 8m

Documentary

The Greatest Documentary Ever Made

Overview

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

Top Billed Cast

Mikhail Kaufman

The Cameraman

Elizaveta Svilova

Woman Editing Film (uncredited)


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Status

Released

Original Language

No Language

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

soviet union

odessa, ukraine

black and white

montage

silent film

cameraman

moscow, russia

1920s

kyiv (kiev), ukraine

city symphony

soviet realism

semi-fiction

docufiction

kharkiv (kharkov), ukraine

critical

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