Man with a Movie Camera Poster

Man with a Movie Camera (1929)

05/12/1929 Documentary 1h 8m
79%
User
Score
8.3/10
98%
96/100

The Greatest Documentary Ever Made

Overview

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

Dziga Vertov

Director

Top Billed Cast

Mikhail Kaufman

Mikhail Kaufman

The Cameraman

Elizaveta Svilova

Elizaveta Svilova

Woman Editing Film (uncredited)

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Media

2014 Restoration Trailer

2014 Restoration Trailer

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written on July 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 reflected in the architecture to contrast with the street beggars (whom the Soviet Union aways denied existed). A very near miss whilst trying to get some POV footage of a train. Then what feels rather pruriently like a look at a woman's morning levée all intercut cleverly using the camera shutter to deliver this in chapters as their city awakens and the trams start to run, the bustle sets in and the industry comes alive. The photography frequently captures the intricacy of different manufacturing pro...

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