Cinema in Russia

Story Line

Documentary film about early years of Russian cinema: its first directors, cameramen, producers and actors. Includes rare fragments of pre-revolutionary feature films, newsreels and Starewicz's animation.

Top Cast

Viktor Khokhryakov

Narrator

Leo Tolstoy

Archive footage

Yevgeni Petrov-Krayevsky

Film footage

Aleksandra Goncharova

Film footage

Michael Chekhov

Film footage

Nikolai Vasilyev

Film footage