Elektro Moskva (2013)

Original title

Электро Москва

Directed by

Elena Tikhonova, Dominik Spritzendorfer

Genre

documentary film

Country

Austria

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

AA

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary traces the history of electronic music and technology in the Soviet Union. It moves from early inventions like the theremin to modern synthesizers, while also touching on how these devices were used for surveillance.

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What happens

Elektro Moskva is a 2013 Austrian music documentary film directed and written by Elena Tikhonova and Dominik Spritzendorfer. It is their directorial debut. The film is an essayistic exploration of Soviet and post-Soviet "electro-history", spanning from Theremin to synthesizers to KGB surveillance tools. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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