The Russia We Lost (1992)

Original title

Россия, которую мы потеряли

Directed by

Stanislav Govorukhin

Genre

documentary film

Country

Russia

Runtime

1h 46m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary looks at life in Russia before the 1917 revolution. The director gathered old photographs and film footage to show a world that was later destroyed.

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What happens

The Russia We Lost (Russian: Россия, которую мы потеряли, romanized: Rossiya, kotoruyu my poteryali, lit. 'Russia, which we lost') is a 1992 Russian documentary film directed and narrated by Stanislav Govorukhin, dedicated to pre-revolutionary Russia. Govorukhin worked on the film for a long period, spending much of his time in archives, libraries, and film depositories. In 1991, Stanislav Govorukhin published a book which he called The Russia...we Lost (Россия… Которую мы потеряли), which formed the basis of the script of this film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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