Revue

Revue (2008)

TMDb

7.0

15/06/2008 • 1h 22m
original-title

Представление

status

Released

production-companies

St. Petersburg Studio of Documentary Films

ma.ja.de. FilmProduktions

Inspiration Films

original-language

Russian

budget

-

revenue

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As he did with his critically-acclaimed "Blockade," a documentary re-creation of the WWII siege of Leningrad, which received its NY theatrical premiere in March 2007, filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa has once again scoured the Russian film archives for "Revue," selecting excerpts from newsreels, propaganda films, TV shows and feature films that present an evocative portrait of Soviet life during the 1950s and 1960s. With scenes taken from the length and breadth of the “Soviet Motherland,” "Revue" illustrates industry and agriculture, political life, popular culture, and technology. The film’s fascinating flow of disparate scenes representing typical Soviet life of the period is, seen from today’s perspective, alternately poignant, funny, and tragic

production-countries

Germany

Russia

spoken-languages

Russian

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