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Man with a Movie Camera (1929)

"The Greatest Documentary Ever Made"

7.8/10 1h 8m May 12, 1929
Documentary

A cameraman wanders around with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling inventiveness.

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Movie Details

Original Title Человек с киноаппаратом
Original Language RU
Status Released
Popularity 1.1

Cast

Mikhail Kaufman
Mikhail Kaufman
The Cameraman
Popularity: 0.4
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Elizaveta Svilova
Woman Editing Film (uncredited)
Popularity: 0.5

Key Crew

Director Dziga Vertov
Producer Star Mishkel-Eneva
Writer Dziga Vertov
Editor Elizaveta Svilova

Production

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Videos & Trailers

2014 Restoration Trailer
2014 Restoration Trailer
Trailer

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Keywords

soviet union odessa, ukraine black and white montage silent film cameraman moscow, russia 1920s kyiv (kiev), ukraine city symphony soviet realism semi-fiction docufiction kharkiv (kharkov), ukraine critical

Reviews from TMDB

CinemaSerf 7/10
Jul 13, 2024

Could this be the original observational documentary? We begin as the audience flood into a cinema and settle down in front of the big screen. The cameraman then takes us on a tour of his city with no apparent rhyme nor reason to the imagery we see. There's a bit of the old Imperial opulence reflect ... Read more

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Details
Release Date May 12, 1929
Runtime 1h 8m
Language RU
Status Released
Popularity 1.1
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