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Revolution: New Art for a New World (2017)

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.

  • Documentary

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Tom HollanderTom HollanderKazimir Malevich (voice)
  • Photo of Matthew MacfadyenMatthew MacfadyenVladimir Lenin (voice)
  • Photo of Eleanor TomlinsonEleanor TomlinsonLyubov Popova (voice)
  • Photo of James FleetJames FleetWassily Kandinsky (voice)
  • Photo of Daisy BevanDaisy BevanVarvara Stepanova (voice)
  • Photo of Sean CroninSean CroninSergeant Berman
  • Photo of Alex EnmarchAlex EnmarchNikolay Punin
  • Photo of Ernest GromovErnest GromovOfficer Vorontsov
  • Photo of Tom RoseTom RoseGustav Klutsis - Prisoner
  • Photo of Andrei KonchalovskyAndrei KonchalovskySelf

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