
Three anonymous songs about Lenin provide the basis for this documentary that celebrates the achievements of the Soviet Union and Lenin's role in creating them..

Dziga Vertov
Soviet Union

Is this for you? If you like documentaries that act like music videos from 1934, then yeah, watch this. If you need a movie that holds your hand and explains exactly what is happening with dates and facts, you will probably hate it. It’s a bit like watching A Vida do Barão do Rio Branco if that movie was obsessed with ...

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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

Dziga Vertov

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"Is this for you? If you like documentaries that act like music videos from 1934, then yeah, watch this. If you need a movie that holds your hand and explains exactly what is happening with dates and facts, you will probably hate it. It’s a bit like watching A Vida do Barão do Rio Branco if that movie was obsessed with tractors and heavy machinery. Dziga Vertov wasn’t interested in being a journalist. He wanted to be a conductor of images. The whole thing is built around three folk songs, and th..."

