Dziga VertovCast
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Credits
Cinematography: Boris Zeitlin
Music: Dmitri Shostakovich Nikolai Timofeyev
Plot
Vertov's first sound film is a documentary about coal mining in the Donbass region and the first Five-Year Plan, using location sound.
Sinekatalog’s take
Dziga Vertov's first sound film celebrates the Donbass coal mines and the first Five-Year Plan with experimental sound and montage. Loud, rhythmic and exuberant, it is a radical, propagandist and thrilling early sound documentary.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.8 / 10 (1,212 votes)
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