Cinema in Russia (1979)
Documentary film about early years of Russian cinema: its first directors, cameramen, producers and actors. Includes rare fragments of pre-revolutionary feature films, newsreels and Starewicz's animation.
Top billed cast
Viktor KhokhryakovNarrator
Leo TolstoyArchive footage
Yevgeni Petrov-KrayevskyFilm footage
Aleksandra GoncharovaFilm footage
Michael ChekhovFilm footage- Nikolai VasilyevFilm footage
- Pavel KnorrFilm footage
Andrey GromovFilm footage
Ivan MosjoukineFilm footage
Antoni FertnerFilm footage
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