Forward Soviet!: History and Non-Fiction Film in the USSR

by Graham Roberts

This is an account of Soviet documentary output during the years between the "Great October Socialist Revolution" and the "Great Patriotic War". Graeme Roberts re-views the examples of Soviet, and world, non-fiction cinema, like "The Man With the Movie Camera" and "The Fall of the Romanovs", and uncovers many intriguing films. He discusses the careers of the men and women who made them, including Vertov, Shub, Medvedkin and Karmen, and investigates...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1860642829
• ISBN13: 9781860642821
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"