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The Last Bolshevik (1992)

The Last Bolshevik poster
Original title
Le Tombeau d'Alexandre
Directed by
Chris Marker
Genre
documentary film
Country
France
Runtime
2h
Rating
7.6 of 10 from 22 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Chris Marker looks back at the life and work of Soviet filmmaker Alexander Medvedkin. The film mixes archive footage with personal reflections to explore the collapse of a political dream.

contemplativepoeticmelancholichistoricalreflectiveintellectualessayisticslow-paced

What happens

The Last Bolshevik (French: Le Tombeau d'Alexandre) is a 1992 French documentary film about director Aleksandr Medvedkin, directed by Chris Marker. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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