Revolution: New Art for a New World (2017)
March 8, 2017
Documentary
1h 25m
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The Russian Avant-Garde, a century on
Drawing on the collections of major Russian institutions, contributions from contemporary artists, curators and performers and personal testimony from the descendants of those involved, the film brings the artists of the Russian Avant-Garde to life. It tells the stories of artists like Chagall, Kandinsky and Malevich - pioneers who flourished in response to the challenge of building a new art for a new world, only to be broken by implacable authority after 15 short years and silenced by Stalin's Socialist Realism.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Margy Kinmonth
- Kazimir Malevich (voice) Tom Hollander
- Vladimir Lenin (voice) Matthew Macfadyen
- Lyubov Popova (voice) Eleanor Tomlinson
- Wassily Kandinsky (voice) James Fleet
- Varvara Stepanova (voice) Daisy Bevan
- Sergeant Berman Sean Cronin
- Officer Vorontsov Ernest Gromov
- Self Andrei Konchalovsky
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Keywords
- soviet union
- art
- russian revolution (1917)
- woman director
- political repression
- repression