Revolution: New Art for a New World (2017)

03/08/2017 (GB) • 1h 25m

Documentary

The Russian Avant-Garde, a century on

Overview

Drawing on the collections of major Russian institutions, contributions from contemporary artists, curators and performers and personal testimony from the descendants of those involved, the film brings the artists of the Russian Avant-Garde to life. It tells the stories of artists like Chagall, Kandinsky and Malevich - pioneers who flourished in response to the challenge of building a new art for a new world, only to be broken by implacable authority after 15 short years and silenced by Stalin's Socialist Realism.

Top Billed Cast

Tom Hollander

Kazimir Malevich (voice)

Matthew Macfadyen

Vladimir Lenin (voice)

Eleanor Tomlinson

Lyubov Popova (voice)

James Fleet

Wassily Kandinsky (voice)

Daisy Bevan

Varvara Stepanova (voice)

Sean Cronin

Sergeant Berman

Alex Enmarch

Nikolay Punin

Ernest Gromov

Officer Vorontsov

Tom Rose

Gustav Klutsis - Prisoner


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

soviet union

art

russian revolution (1917)

woman director

political repression

repression

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