Underplayed Gems

The Anniversary of the Revolution (1918)

The Anniversary of the Revolution poster
Original title
Годовщина революции
Directed by
Dziga Vertov
Genre
documentary film
Country
Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
Runtime
2 min
Rated
12+
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This is a 1918 Russian silent documentary edited by Dziga Vertov. It uses newsreel footage to mark the first anniversary of the October Revolution. The film was long thought lost and was restored in 2018.

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What happens

L'Anniversaire de la révolution (Godovchtchina revolioutsii, Годовщина революции) est un film muet soviétique non fictionnel de 1918 monté par le réalisateur Dziga Vertov à partir d'images d'actualités pour le premier anniversaire de la Révolution d'Octobre et qui est devenu son premier film. Le film a longtemps été considéré perdu et n'a été restauré dans sa forme originale qu'en 2018 par l'historien du cinéma Nikolai Izvolov (ru). Une première projection spéciale du film a eu lieu le 20 novembre 2018 au Festival international du film documentaire d'Amsterdam (IDFA). Le 7 septembre 2019, la première moscovite du film a eu lieu au cinéma Oktyabr, et à partir du 12 septembre, le film est sorti avec le soutien du projet KARO.Art. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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