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Mies ja elokuvakamera

Original title: Chelovek s kino-apparatom
  • 19291929
  • SS
  • 1h 8m
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8.4/10
25K
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Mikhail Kaufman, Elizaveta Svilova, Dziga Vertov, Vladimir Stenberg, and Georgii Stenberg in Mies ja elokuvakamera (1929)
A man travels around a city with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling invention.
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A man travels around a city with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling invention.A man travels around a city with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling invention.A man travels around a city with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling invention.

IMDb RATING
8.4/10
25K
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  • Director
    • Dziga Vertov
  • Writer
    • Dziga Vertov(scenario)
  • Stars
    • Mikhail Kaufman
    • Elizaveta Svilova(uncredited)
Top credits
  • Director
    • Dziga Vertov
  • Writer
    • Dziga Vertov(scenario)
  • Stars
    • Mikhail Kaufman
    • Elizaveta Svilova(uncredited)
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    • 142User reviews
    • 68Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination

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    Mikhail Kaufman
    • The Cameramanas The Cameraman
    Elizaveta Svilova
    • Woman editing filmas Woman editing film
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Dziga Vertov
    • Writer
      • Dziga Vertov(scenario)
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    Storyline

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    This playful film is at once a documentary of a day in the life of the Soviet Union, a documentary of the filming of said documentary, and a depiction of an audience watching the film. Even the editing of the film is documented. We often see the cameraman who is purportedly making the film, but we rarely, if ever, see any of the footage he seems to be in the act of shooting! —George S. Davis
    • experimental film
    • avant garde
    • soviet union
    • city symphony
    • eye
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    • Taglines
      • The Greatest Documentary Ever Made.
    • Genres
      • Documentary
      • Music
    • Certificate
      • S
    • Parents guide

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    • Trivia
      A revelation in its day, the film was noted for introducing all sorts of camera techniques to audiences. Some of these include double exposure, fast motion, slow motion, freeze frames, jump cuts, split screens, Dutch angles, extreme close-ups, tracking shots, backward footage, and stop motion animation.
    • Crazy credits
      At the beginning there is a long explanation of what this film is about and that it is of experimental origin.
    • Alternate versions
      Kino International, by arrangement with the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography, released a version in 1996 produced by David Shepard and copyrighted by Film Preservation Associates. It runs 68 minutes and has new original music composed and performed by the Alloy Orchestra following the written instructions from the director, Dziga Vertov. The music has been copyrighted by Junk Metal Music in 1996.
    • Connections
      Edited from Elokuvasilmä (1924)

    User reviews142

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    Top review
    10/10
    All hail Lord Vertov....
    Although I had obviously heard of this before watching it, and had been told enthusiastically by all that it was incredibly interesting, I found it hard to believe that a film with a) no storyline, and b) no dialogue or intertitles could be so exciting. I am now more than willing to eat my hat.

    This is quite simply the most amazing thing I have ever seen. Probably best described as a documentary about itself (although by no means only this), this film and it's creator were way before their time.

    An interesting point to note: I've watched this twice, once with a traditional musical score, and once with a much more dynamic modern score, and it does have to be said that music can make the movie. I'm not a purist, so found the modern score much more interesting.

    One of the most essential movies of all time.
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    10
    • bforbetty
    • Apr 10, 2004

    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 12, 1929 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Soviet Union
    • Official sites
      • Dovzhenko Centre
      • VUFKU
    • Language
      • None
    • Also known as
      • Man with a Movie Camera
    • Filming locations
      • Kyiv, Ukraine
    • Production company
      • Vseukrainske Foto Kino Upravlinnia (VUFKU)
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    Box office

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    • Gross worldwide
      • $3,959
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 8 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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