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- 1h 15min
- Documentary, Music
- 25 Jun 1997 (USA)
- Movie
A look at Communist musicals that strove to be ideologically correct - and entertaining, besides.
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Award:
- 1 nomination.
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Cast
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Margarita Andrushkovich | ... |
Self
(as Margarita Andruschkovitsch)
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Chris Doerk | ... |
Self
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Erich Gusko | ... |
Self
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Helmut Hanke | ... |
Self
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Barbara Harnisch | ... |
Party Girl
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Brit Krüger | ... |
Party Girl
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Andrea Schmidt | ... |
Party Girl
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Karin Schröder | ... |
Self
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| Frank Schöbel | ... |
Self
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Maya Turovskaya | ... |
Self (film historian)
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Brigitte Ulbrich | ... |
Self
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Hans-Joachim Wallstein | ... |
Self
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| Nikolai Bulganin | ... |
Self (watches military parade) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| Nikita Khrushchev | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| Marina Ladynina | ... |
Various roles (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| Vladimir Lenin | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| Anastas Mikoyan | ... |
Self (watches military parade) (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| Vyacheslav Molotov | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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| Lyubov Orlova | ... |
Various roles (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Dana Ranga | ... |
Narrator (uncredited)
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| Joseph Stalin | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Walter Ulbricht | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Directed by
| Dana Ranga | ||
Written by
| Andrew Horn | ... | () |
| Dana Ranga | ... | () |
Produced by
| Andrew Horn | ... | producer |
| Dana Ranga | ... | producer |
Cinematography by
| Mark Daniels | ||
Editing by
| Guido Krajewski | ||
Set Decoration by
| Mathias Fischer-Dieskau | ||
Costume Design by
| Susanne Braun | ... | (as Suse Braun) |
Makeup Department
| Jo Braun | ... | makeup artist |
| Volker Langwagen | ... | makeup artist |
Production Management
| Florian Koerner von Gustorf | ... | production manager |
| Monika Maier | ... | unit manager |
Art Department
| Mathias Fischer-Dieskau | ... | sets |
| Jana Klinger | ... | sets |
| Marianne Puller | ... | sets |
Sound Department
| Martin Ehlers-Falkenberg | ... | sound engineer (as Martin Ehlers) |
| Heino Herrenbrück | ... | sound engineer |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Angela Christlieb | ... | electrician |
| Eeva Fleig | ... | assistant camera (as Eva Fleig) |
| Ingo Gutstein | ... | gaffer |
| Christoph Krauss | ... | assistant camera (as Christoph Krauß) |
| Bernhard Wießner | ... | electrician |
Script and Continuity Department
| Irene Rudolf | ... | script coordinator |
Additional Crew
| Karin Beck | ... | translator |
| Irina Goldstein | ... | translator |
| Sergiu Grimalschi | ... | translator |
| Rolf Markle | ... | production accountant |
| Steven A. Reich | ... | legal services (as Steven Reich) |
| Joana Schmitzer | ... | production assistant |
Thanks
| Heinz Baumert | ... | thanks |
| Gerhard Bengsch | ... | thanks |
| Joachim Hasler | ... | thanks |
| Karl Marx | ... | dedicatee |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Kino Video (2000) (United States) (DVD)
- Istituto Luce (1997) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Kino International (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Sherlock Media S.L. (Spain) (theatrical)
- Salzgeber & Company Medien (1998) (Germany) (VHS)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Bundesfilmarchiv (archive material)
- Cine Service Berlin (equipment rental)
- Colour Film Services (35 mm blow-up)
- Cul Company Köln (post-production services)
- EMG Berlin (post-production services)
- Filmmuseum München (archive material)
- Filmoteka Narodowa Polski (archive material)
- Filmové studio Barrandov (archive material)
- Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen (financial assistance)
- Interfilm (archive material)
- Konsum Genossenschaft (archive material)
- Kuratorium Junger Deutscher Film (financial assistance)
- Mosfilm (archive material)
- OKO-Film (archive material)
- Progress Film-Verleih (archive material)
- Romania Film (archive material)
- SFB Werbung GmbH (archive material)
- Sound Studio II Köln (sound re-recording)
- Sound Vision (sound re-recording)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
"That's Entertainment!," Communist style. A documentary about movie musicals produced during the height of the old Soviet bloc. Comrades drive tractors, sweep factory floors, feed farm animals, harvest crops, all the while singing their hearts out about the joys of socialism. Included are interviews with people involved in the making of some of these movies, as well as a film historian and nostalgic moviegoers.
Written by Eugene Kim |
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| Taglines | All Singing! All Dancing! All Marxist Musicals! See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Movie Connections | Featured in Episode dated 15 June 1997 (1997). See more » |
| Crazy Credits | The end credits dedicate the film "to Karl Marx, without whom none of this would have been necessary." See more » |
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Narrator:
This is the odyssey of a filmmaker searching for music, fun and colors in the world of ambiguity and suspicion - the world behind the Iron Curtain. See more » |