Revolution: New Art for a New World (2016)

Directed by

Margy Kinmonth

Genre

documentary

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 25m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells the story of Russian avant-garde artists during the October Revolution. It shows how their work flourished after the revolution and was later suppressed under Stalin.

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What happens

Revolution: New Art for a New World is a feature documentary written and directed by Margy Kinmonth and produced by Foxtrot Films Ltd and Arts Alliance, starring Matthew Macfadyen (Vladimir Lenin), Tom Hollander (Kazimir Malevich), Eleanor Tomlinson (Lyubov Popova), James Fleet (Wassily Kandinsky) and Daisy Bevan (Varvara Stepanova). The film documents the famous Russian Avant-garde artists that flourished after the October Revolution, only to be later suppressed by Joseph Stalin's regime. The documentary was filmed on location in London, Saint Petersburg and Moscow, with access to The Tretyakov Gallery, The Russian Museum, The Hermitage Museum and in co-operation with The Royal Academy of Arts, London. Revolution: New Art for a New World was aired on BBC Four in October 2017 as part of the BBC's Russian Season to mark the centenary of the Russian Revolution. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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